From Introduction to Get Tough & Smart : In 2012, cumulative American drug overdose deaths exceeded our deaths in the Second World War. [1] In 2017, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. [2] By 2021, our total drug overdose deaths will exceed all U.S. war deaths. [3] Our current incarcerated population in American prisons and jails, many of whom are addicts or drug traffickers, is over three times all U.S. war deaths. American addiction is more deadly than war. Addict deaths represent fully wasted lives. “For every drug overdose that results in death, there are many more nonfatal overdoses, each one with its own emotional and economic toll.” [4] “In 2015, an estimated 547,543 emergency department visits occurred for all drug-related poisonings in the U.S.” and “rates were highest among persons aged 15–19.” [5] “The overall mortality rate for unintentional drug poisonings in the United States grew exponentially from 1979 through 2016...
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https://www.amazon.com/Get-Tough-Smart-Winning-Addiction-ebook/dp/B07YXGRHX1 Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction (2019) How serious is the U.S. Opioid Crisis? In 2012, cumulative American drug overdose deaths exceeded our deaths in the Second World War.[1] In 2017, there were 70,237 drug overdose deaths in the U.S.[2] By 2021, our total drug overdose deaths will exceed all U.S. war deaths.[3] Our current incarcerated population in American prisons and jails, many of whom are addicts or drug traffickers, is over three times all U.S. war deaths. American addiction is more deadly than war. Addict deaths represent fully wasted lives. “For every drug overdose that results in death, there are many more nonfatal overdoses, each one with its own emotional and economic toll.”[4] “In 2015, an estimated 547,543 emergency department visits occurred for all drug-related poisonings in the U.S.” and “rates were highest among persons aged 15–19.”[...
Outline of Proposals to Win the War on Drug Addiction The War on Drugs was lost. Reforms are set forth in my new book, Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction ( Get Tough & Smart - How to Start Winning the War on Drug Addiction ) . We must attack the demand for addictive drugs and fight crime. Punishing crime supports the War on Drug Addiction and vice versa . The Opioid Crisis is bringing matters to a head. Here is a list of new proposals: · Create the legal status of “addict,” attainable at various junctures such as overdose admissions to hospitals, conviction of drug-related crime, parental designation, physician designation, etc. Government, annuity, workers’ compensation and other regular checks might be re-directed to support recovery rather than addiction. · Relax privacy, confidentiality, secrecy and non-disclosure laws enough to facilitate law ...
Dr. Robert DuPont says to fight the drug epidemic we need a "credible baseball bat," a bottom addicts hit before entering treatment. Somebody usually has a baseball bat to the addict's head making them enter treatment. Eureka! Judicial corporal punishment or the threat of it is needed to fight the opioid epidemic. Please read my book Prison & Slavery - A Surprising Comparison @ https://www.amazon.com/Prison-Slavery-John-Dewar-Gleissner/dp/1432753835 or law review articles: @ https://www.academia.edu/10171334/Prison_Overcrowding_Cure_Judicial_Corporal_Punishment_of_Adults & https://vanderbilt.academia.edu/JohnGleissner
Answer to Question: Why do some Americans like to call the United States of America, "The greatest country on earth" ? Answer by John Dewar Gleissner Because some of us believe it’s true. We’ve got: (1) The world’s oldest written constitution that enshrines and guarantees basic rights, federalism and the rule of law, that has provided for free elections every two years for over 228 years, always moved in the direction of inclusiveness, and which has been a model for other nations. (2) A history of defeating colonialism, fascism, dictatorships, diseases, the slave trade, slavery, legal racism and communism. The world looks to the USA and its strong allies for leadership when it is time to oppose evil forces. (3) A history of leadership in inventing or developing the lightning rod, light bulb, telephone, telegraph, the airplane, manufacturing, television, missiles and rockets, the computer, lifesaving medicines and medical devices, agricultural innovations, nu...
If you were given complete power to reform the US prison system, including sentencing, what would you do? First , I would institute judicial corporal punishment in lieu of incarceration for many prisoners. This solution is straight out of the Bible, Deuteronomy 25:1–3 and was favored by all the presidents carved into Mt. Rushmore. It is inexpensive, repeatable, proven to work and starts rehabilitation without removing the offender from the community. This might cut the prison population in half. Prison Overcrowding Cure: Judicial Corporal Punishment of Adults Second , to keep kids in school or on the job, eliminate immediate incarceration of offenders, warn the public and shame offenders, I would fit offenders with a metallic collar, with or without electronic enhancement, color-coded per the crime and made heavier or lighter according to the ongoing behavior of the offender. For example, green for crimes of property, yellow for sex offenders, red for violent o...