Evaluation:
Published: 24.11.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Drug Legalization', 1.
  • Essays 'Drug Legalization', 2.
Extract

Strong drug enforcement in the United States is correlated with the reduction in crime , drug use, and drug addiction growth rates. The impact on tougher drug sanctions has been overshadowed by a myth that U.S. drug enforcement has become too lenient.
This myth has been promoted by the multi-million dollar pro-drug legalization lobby, civil libertarians, and misguided academic researchers to the public with limited review and challenge.
Attacks on drug enforcement efforts often hold law enforcement to impossible and changing performance standards. Law enforcement , treatment…

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