"War on Drugs"         The war on drugs has cost the U.S. billions of dollars in the last decade, and millions are also spent on media campaigns to educate and try to scare young people from using drugs. None of these campaigns against drugs have proven successful. Also tougher laws and legislation have given longer and harsher prison sentences for those who use or deal drugs. These tough sentences have been given with the hope …showed first 75 words of 680 total…

…showed last 75 words of 680 total…would in turn, result in less crime, being that people would have means to opportunities that they didn't have before. Although the idea of Radical Theory sounds promising, is it realistic?         Until there is more understanding of how and why people commit crimes due to the drugs, instead of just simply locking the up, there will possibly be more programs that can help people get out of the demeaning social conditions in which they live.