Anslinger was the U.S. Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics commissioner that made drug use illegal . He publicly spoke about the dangers of drug use and even exaggerated their effect. He would chase down drug users, and arrest them for their actions. One person being Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday, was a very famous African American singer that helped regulate drugs, because, according to whites, she was the example of what a dangerous African American on heroin looked like. The white folks made it seem like African Americans were the only ones using drugs, and therefore they were dangerous for it. In Chasing the Scream, it was interesting to see that Harry Anslinger was perpetually committed to arrest Holiday for drug use that …show more content…
First off, Edward Williams, a doctor and brother of scientist Henry Smith Williams, found it astonishing that with Anslinger’s war on drugs, he made more violence prevalent. Drug dealers found new ways to break laws to get drugs in the country, and individuals found new ways to break the same laws to retrieve those illegal drugs. Williams found it less dangerous to prescribe heroin to addicted patients, under his supervision, than to let them get it illegally elsewhere. It was under the patient’s best interest to have it. He didn't think drugs were as dangerous as Anslinger was saying, if used appropriately of course. So they were advocating for the proper use of drugs. They didn't think regulations as powerful as Anslinger’s were needed. They were scholars who knew he wasn’t providing the entire information to the public about the dangers of drugs. Anslinger even said that marijuana was dangerous because it made a teenager kill his entire family; hindering that fact that he had psychiatric health issues as well as having used marijuana. Therefore there was legislation like the Harrison Act, that protected the doctors that wanted to disregard Anslinger’s ideas and use drugs for their addicted patients. Legislation was also made to protect rock artist’s
According to Ehrlichman, what was the "War on Drugs" really about? The “War on Drugs” was about formulation of policies that will discourage production, distribution and consumption of illegal drugs. The Republicans were really fighting against the trade of illegal drugs.
In “How About Low-Cost Drugs for Addicts?” (1995), Louis Nizer argues that drug addiction is a serious problem and we are losing the ability to gain control over drug addiction. Nizer suggests the government should create clinics that provide drugs free or at nominal cost and be staffed by psychiatrists. The benefits of the new approach will push the mob to lose the main source of its income, the drug dealers will run out of business, and the police or other law enforcement authorities would be freed to take care of other crimes. Nizer also believes that free drugs will win the war against domestic terrorism caused by addicts. On the other hand, Nizer provides some of the opposing arguments that providing free drugs would consign a person to
This then resulted in more African Americans getting arrested for possession of drugs. Once they were arrested the amount of time they would do for the possession was sometimes life sentences. This caused prisons to become over crowded and
Many critics believe that because of the way drugs are looked down upon society, they become ever more enticing to buy them even through illegal and dangerous means. For instance, President Richard Nixon said in 1971 that “America’s public enemy number one in the United States [was] drug abuse,” and because of this, “it [was] necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive” (Sharp, 1994). Another drugfree advocate, William Bennett, who served in office as the Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan, blamed the drug problem squarely on the loose and unethical morals of corrupt people. Another reason that Nixon’s War of Drugs was ineffective was in that the federal government could only prosecute national crimes, handing over the responsibility to the local law enforcement to keep the streets safe, meaning it would have to cross state lines to be under federal judication. Operation Intercept’s main contribution to the drug trade has been the restructuring of how drugs were exported.
The movie Carved in Silence was a very provoking and eye opening documentary for me. It depicted the experience of the Chinese immigrants of Angel Island very well through the narration and the dramatic recreation. As an immigrant, the opening scene and the many stories told evoked many memories and reflections of my family 's journey and aspirations. The stories and descriptions in this documentary were very surreal because they were too hard to believe.
To understand the War on Drugs one needs to understand the cultural landscape that made the war on drugs advantageous. Ronald
One of the most detrimental things that happen to the black community was the declared “war on drugs” which lead to mass incarceration. The war on drugs was a direct target on minorities. It was a failed attempt to eradicate the drug problem in the United States. African-Americans did not see policy changes on drugs until
Restrictions and the Prohibition became a thing and many people in the late 19th and early 20th century were questioning the objections to non-medical usage and it soon became a hot debate. Drugs were used for everyday use within industrial workers and laborers. Drugs today are either known as Licit or Illicit ones because we know which ones are actually okay to use in everyday life and then the ones that hurt people. Caffeine is used today worldwide, and it is legal, but only some of the drugs are this way. We still have the illicit drugs that will always be that way such as cocaine and meth.
Overall, Gore Vidal’s argument of legalizing drugs is very compelling. The style of writing is unique and keeps the reader interested. Vidal takes a popular argument (in 2016) and provides a sound argument in support of
The use of narcotics like cocaine, claimed many lives and earned widespread coverage by media and news. Following this Nancy Reagan began the “War on Drugs”, a campaign to combat pre-existing drug usage and prevent future
When it comes to the war on drugs law makers draw a blink on whom and how to punish. This cause chaos for judges and over populations in prison. Many lawmakers have struggled over the years with finding the right solution for sentencing for crimes. For example in the war on drugs congress came together and made a law that was passed that stated, if you were caught with certain about of drugs in your possession you will get life with no parole. This law seemed to be the wisest ways to crack down on major drug dealers but, turned out to be a disaster.
Upon reading Gore Vidals "Case for Legalizing Marijuana" one may wonder why drugs are not legal in the United States of America. Afterall, several valid reasonings were made throughout the article. There is a demand for drugs and many people are supplying them, while also making a small fortune. If drugs were made legal and sold for high prices, their market would decrease because many people would not be able to afford them. Most people involved in the drug world do not know the consequences of that which they consume.
Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch are among the most renowned Expressionist painters of the twentieth century today. Their oil on canvas artworks is colorful, sensitive and above all expressive. ("Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch – The Art of Expression,"2012). In the Starry Night by Van Gogh and The Scream by Edvard Munch artworks, the artists perfectly blended both abstraction with realism, which called "semi abstraction”. Realism is a style when the artists use visual language to describe his subject, whereas abstract is when the artists uses that visual language in conjunction with subject matter to express his feelings or ideas.
Starry Night and The Scream are two completely different types of artwork made by two different artists. Vincent Van Gogh and Edvard Munch being those artists surely makes these pieces of art highly valuable and treasured. Starry Night was made by Van Gogh very late into his career and The Scream was made by Edvard Munch in his mid-career. Even though these two pieces of artwork are made by different people during different times of their career, these paintings look and have very similar aspects. Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and The Scream by Edvard Munch both have similar formal elements including color, line, form, light, shape, texture, composition, etc. to depict a deeper meaning of the artists emotions of depression and loneliness.
Some may not be too familiar with the war on drugs and the effects it has had on the society we live in. The war on drugs was started by the Nixon administration in the early seventies. Nixon deemed drug abuse “public enemy number one”. This was the commencement of the war on drugs, this war has lasted to this day and has been a failure. On average 26 million people use opioids.