Nightclubs Role In Our Drug Problem

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Term Paper Title	Nightclubs Role In Our Drug Problem
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Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem

Nightclubs' Role In Our Drug Problem

Cultural beliefs, expectations, and ideals - how they contribute to drug use.
Why they cause certain anti-drug efforts to fail

     The extermination of illegal drugs has always been one of our most
important, worldwide issues.   Ending the existence of drugs is one of the
toughest and most complicated goals we face.   Despite our constant battle
against them, illegal substances continue to exist and thrive in our culture.
With all the effort we put into the war against drugs, why is there little
success? Lack of effort is not a major reason our attempts are failing.  It is
the lack of understanding that leads to the misdirection and failure of our
attempts. Obviously a strong desire to use drugs exists, and it is the
prevention of this desire that we need to focus on in order to wipe out drugs
from our lives.
     In fact, our focus is strongly on punishing drug users, yet
applying laws against committed drug crimes has not proven to be an effective
solution.  Drugs are still produced and distributed everywhere, and are taken by
many. -- despite
     Obviously our focus is mid-directed.   Because all types of people use
illegal substances, pinpointing one specific group to “bust” is not effective.
Recently, we have tried to track the location of drug use.  We find places where
drugs tend to be, and seek to close them down as an effort to decrease the
overall use of drugs.
     This has proved to be an ineffective technique because it does not
change people's craving for drugs.  Reasons leading up to drug use still exist.
Arresting people for drugs does not kill their desire to use them.   Closing
down a crack house does not end the residents addiction, it just forces them to
move. Reprimanding committed crimes does not eliminate the reason they were
committed.  Addressing drug offenses after they have  been made is not an
effective deterrent because the desire for the drug's effect still remains.
     Why is this desire more influential than the law?  Partly because the
potential benefits of drugs overwhelm us, and turn our focus away from the
potential dangers and consequences.  People will go to extreme lengths to be the
best, or better than what they presently are.  Culture's attitudes toward beauty,
money, power as a representation for success drives us to turn to drugs.
Drugs symbolize power, status, freedom, and the ultimate “high” in our world.
Drugs can help people achieve higher status,...

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