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    ‘Ka perio ied Svcs (2 CAAT pRB)" GON" BOCRRTAEIE TO One oF Mohamad Breih these, though Enghah 301 16 March 2017 Anaotetd Bibliography APA Working tite: Rehabilitation and the War on Droge Research Question: “The war on drugs in the US has incarcerated half of the prison population for non-violent drug ‘elated crimes. What measures are being taken to rehabiltate these offlende's to bing them back into society? great @ Working Thess: Despite its longevity, the retrbutional policies that make-up the war on drugs should give way to ‘chabilitation because those who suffer from drug abuse need to be treated instead of given five toten yearsin pana. $200. ut 78 Tangovity” (or “procodent’) the only counterargument you've found? vena tens 1m guessing there are others. Longevity is so easy 10 knock down (ke slavery used fo be legal, but we dont do that anymore "ete Try fo find @ more solid ‘opponent ‘A°Wor on Drugs” began in 1971 when President Richard Nison declared usage of drags Introduction: such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin the cause of many social-economic problems in the ‘United States, it was public enemy number one(A Brief History of the Drug War 2016). The pale/ Songs plies apitestponreion ain of mci nd gave mihi sentences of five to tn years for offenders(2016). Today, the percentage of federal inearceratons for dug offenses is now 2,109 making up 464% of al federal offense Federal ‘Bureau of Prisons 2017). The goal of these strict regulations and many incarcertins isto both ‘punish curent offenders and wo discourage the rest of the public who are considering drug usage “The idea os presented by Ojmarth Mitchell was to reduce the supply and demand of wareoties, first by docteasing the demand by threatening a minimum prison sentence, which in tum would decrease the production ofthese drug Ojmarth Mitchell 2017). Forty years ater nothing has ‘changed, witha shift in public approval and through experimentation, both demand and soppy respectively have increased(2017). Furthermore, recidivism rates the likelihood of someone ‘returning to prison afer being released, have not seen improvement, meaning those who are ‘released from prison are later found tobe using or in possession ofthe same drugs which had ‘them incarcerated(2017), With the number of prisoners exponentially increasing and large ‘number of people who are not receiving treatment returning to prison, rehabilitation and 1 otally agree. And | think you've found @ Counterergument in your tro Anmotations: (the goa! of prevention). A Brief History ofthe Drag War. (2016, September 16). Retneved March 13, 2017, from ‘treatment methods seem like a beter tool to end the need fora war on drugs.

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