On Week 6 students will be required to submit one (minimum of 15 double spaced pages; counting title page, abstract, table of contents, and 1 reference page; so 11 pages of actual content) research paper covering the following topic
Discuss U.S. Actions and Effects related to the U.S. War on Drugs on both current and future illegal drug trends.
In short, you will want to identify any gains, losses, etc associated the illegal drug trade and usage trends (as impacted by policies and actions taken as part of the War on Drugs), as well as providing a well fleshed out and supported hypothesis as to future trends of both.
In doing this, and while the heart of the paper must be based on the War on Drugs and its impact on illegal drug trends, students are given flexibility as to specific focuses within that topic.
This research paper is based on the following course Learning Objective:
LO6. Extrapolate past and current efforts of the U.S. (via the War on Drugs) with current and future illegal drug trends (e.g., usage, availability, etc)