The document is a blog post that discusses America's war on drugs and whether it can be won. It covers various drugs like marijuana, cocaine, crack cocaine, and heroin, outlining their negative health effects. It also discusses how the war on drugs began in the 1980s under President Reagan, leading to skyrocketing incarceration rates for nonviolent drug offenses. In the conclusion, it suggests that better drug education and treatment programs could help in winning the war on drugs, as incarceration alone is not working.

1. America’s War
on
Drugs
Is this a war that could be won
or
Is it already lost
By: Angelo Edwards
Sunday, April 21, 2013

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3. Marijuan
a
The
Gateway
Drug?
(So they
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4. After all my researching I haven’t found anyone
dying from marijuana usage.
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5. light Up!Light Up!
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6. NOW TO THE
REAL DRUGS
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The reality of
cocaine hits
after the high.
Cocaine has
powerful
negative effects
on the heart,
brain, and
emotions. Many
cocaine users
fall prey to
addiction, with
long-term and
life threatening
consequences.
Even occasional
users run the
risk of sudden
death with
cocaine use.
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8. In the early
1980’s one
of the worst
drugs ever
created was
introduced
to the inner
cities of
America
CRACK
COCAINE !:(
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Heroin can be
injected, smoked or
snorted. Heroin abuse
is a serious problem
in the United States.
Major health problems
from heroin include
miscarriages, heart
infections and death
from overdose. People
who inject the drug
also risk infectious
diseases, including
HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
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12. The First Strike
of
The War
LOCK THEM ALL
UP!!!!!
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The presidency of
Ronald Reagan marked
the start of a long
period of skyrocketing
rates of incarceration,
largely thanks to his
unprecedented
expansion of the drug
war. The number of
people behind bars for
nonviolent drug law
offenses increased from
50,000 in 1980 to over
400,000 by 1997.
Sunday, April 21, 2013

14. That’s not working
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15. What would help us to
start winning this war
• Better Education about the usages of drugs
• Treatment programs
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