Independent research is always highly encouraged on these matters as well. If you use other sources, please use accurate citations.
links:
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:95b8538e-6c54-47c4-aff1-28c31ec3061
https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:73ea23b4-8640-47d9-a635-4260114c5313
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/09/30/white-people-are-more-likely-to-deal-drugs-but-black-people-are-more-likely-to-get-arrested-for-it/
Then, type a two-paragraph minimum paper on drug laws in
relation to racial disparity in our criminal justice/prison system as
well key motivators and characteristics of drug dealers. You may include
opinions as long as they are grounded in evidentiary data. Opinions without evidentiary support will have points deducted.
Chapter 9 Discussion Questions (10 Points)
Step #2- Answer chapter 9 questions completely from your text 1-19 (pg. 259)
chapter 9 link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1poV3TAaoCyb9thOWHbpXqIUsw5sg7Ghskq2TiwsERwQ/edit?usp=sharing
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 9
1. What governs the prices in the drug market?
2. What are the elements that the drug business shares with the business of selling legal products?
3. What caused the end of the American Mafia’s monopoly on heroin distribution in the United States?
4. What is the main source of chemicals needed to manufacture drugs such as methamphetamine?
5. Why do international drug-trafficking organizations use compartmentalization?
6. What are the types of links between terrorist organizations and drug traffickers?
7. Why have Colombians been able to dominate the cocaine industry?
8. What are the two groups battling for control of Colombian poppy- and cocoa-producing regions?
9. Why do Colombian cartels employ a compartmentalized structure?
10. What limits government efforts against Mexican drug cartels?
11. What are the similarities between the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent drug trafficking?
12. Why have efforts against drug trafficking often been in conflict with American foreign policy?
13. What hampers efforts to prevent drug smuggling?
14. What are some of the novel ways used to smuggle drugs into the United States?
15. What is the disagreement over the effects of displacement?
16. Why is there so much violence in the drug market?
17. What are the unintended consequences of street-level drug enforcement?
18. Why has the production of methamphetamine blossomed in rural America?
19. What are some of the methods involved in money laundering?