drug offenses

What Are The Effects Of The War On Drugs?

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What Are The Effects Of The War On Drugs? Criminalisation of drug users, excessive levels of imprisonment, and punitive sentencing practices, including mandatory sentencing, the death penalty and enforced ‘drug detention centres’, are some of the unintended negative consequences of the 50 year ‘war on drugs’, a policy with direct impact on the vulnerable, poor

What Is The Result Of The War On Drugs In Latin America?

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What Is The Result Of The War On Drugs In Latin America? As a result of the concentration of drug trafficking, Latin America and the Caribbean has the world’s highest crime rates, with murder reaching 32.6 per 100,000 of population in 2008. Violence has surged in Mexico since 2006 when Mexican President Felipe Calderón intensified