Drucker E. Population impact of mass incarceration under New York’s Rockefeller drug laws: an analysis of years of life lost. J Urban Health. 2002 Sep;79(3):434-5. doi: 10.1093/jurban/79.3.434. PMID: 12200514; PMCID: PMC3456796.
This article focuses on the effects that drugs have created on small communities in New York city. From many people being incarcerated for the usage of drugs to also many people still dying of HIV. These are effects of drugs on communities that remain creating problems for many families in the New York city area, not only does this affect someone’s personal life but it does affect the family’s and relatives that are around that person and further damages the community.
Zuger, A. (2011). A general in the drug war. New York Times, D4.
on the other side this article talks about the more personal side of the drug users in general. Many drug users are usually incarcerated for short periods of time in jail, but for their drug addiction one day may seem like an eternity for them as their addiction for drugs become even stronger. After their release from jail many drug users get their hands on their preferred drug and take the usual dosage that they have built a tolerance to in the past, but after detoxing in jail their body is not capable of handling that large amount resulting in an overdose. This happens to more people than we think in all parts of the country and is a major problem that we are having today resulting in many lives lost on a daily and leaving families without their loved ones.
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This article posted by the New York times talks about the scientific side on the addiction of drugs and a way to treat this addiction problems is talked about but needs further research for it to be identified as a certified way to treat addiction.it is explained that when drugs are taken there is an increase in dopamine to the body which gives you pleasure and of course there is an addiction to this pleasure by many people. Doctors and researchers have a couple of ways to treat addiction, but this needs the cooperation of the drug users. From patches to medications that block the effects of the the drug consumed. Doctors and researchers agree that these are hopefully way to stop addiction and help users achieve a better life, but without the cooperation of the users these options are not possible.
Zigon, Jarrett. 2015. “What is a Situation?: An Assemblic Ethnography of the Drug War.” Cultural Anthropology 30, no. 3: 501–524. https://doi.org/10.14506/ca30.3.07.
A different perspective is given in this article, instead of looking at the drug war as someone’s issue it is seen as what is called a “situation” where it is a global problem which affects everyone in the world and kills many people in the world every year. Also, this article focuses on the situation that for example many people affected by drugs see on the daily basis while they are living in their communities.
Sarao, S. (2017). The war on drugs: One approach to reduce overdose deaths in New York city. Kennedy School Review, 17, 35-40. Retrieved from https://bmcc.ezproxy.cuny.edu/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/war-on-drugs-one-approach-reduce-overdose-deaths/docview/2188098883/se-2
This article gives even more options to reduce the deaths in New York city caused by an overdose of drugs.in the year 2011 and 2012 law enforcement and medical industries teamed up to fight against drug overdoses and deaths, this created a good effect. The numbers of people using nonprescription painkillers reduced and deaths also reduced. This showed what cooperation’s of law enforcement and medical industries can achieve and that is why there should be a better alliance in the present and future between the two. The article also states that there should be a better way to analyze the trend between overdose incidents to be better examined, gaps should be eliminated between agency’s responsibilities meaning not leaving the responsibilities only on law enforcement, and there should be a better ensurance on follow ups on people that have had a serious situation with drugs.
