Discussion 7
It doesn’t have to be long.
Requirements:
Students must both address the Discussion Forum issue(s).
Assignment:
Watch the videos and read the articles/pages:
‘Heroin Documentary 2013: A Deadly Dance’ (Links to an external site.)
‘The New Face of Heroin’ (Links to an external site.)
‘Afghanistan’s Billion Dollar Drug War’ (Links to an external site.)
‘A Day in The Life of a Heroin Addict’ (Links to an external site.)
Drug Overdoses Kill 72,000 in 2017 (Links to an external site.)
Overdose Deaths By Year (Links to an external site.)
Discuss the reasons behind the increased use of heroin in recent years. Explain why you believe the international community is unable to control the desire for and trafficking of heroin from Afghanistan?
Requirements:
Students must both address the Discussion Forum issue(s)
Assignment:
First of all, read the short article below and watch the following videos:
Sunrise Police Make Millions (Links to an external site.)
Flashback Miami: Miami Drug Wars (Links to an external site.)
How Drugs Work: Cocaine (Links to an external site.)
Hooked: Illegal Drugs and How They Got That Way (Cocaine) (Links to an external site.)
Explain your views on whether law enforcement should be in the business of actually luring outside offenders, who otherwise would not be in their communities, into their communities in order to run drug stings which are often conducted in public places (malls, restaurants, etc.).
How prevalent is cocaine use amongst people you know? Do you know anyone who has developed a problem with the drug (this includes ‘crack’)?
Regarding the flashback, ‘Miami Drug Wars’ why do you think Miami seems to be at the epicenter of all things drug-related?
