Since we are in the worst drug crisis in American history, we need to shift our focus from imprisoning the users and work on the prevention of pote...
A Troubling Issue for Adults and Teens
The drug War in America
The war on drugs is a problem that needs to find a answer soon, before it is to late.
As states legalize marijuana, there are teens who get there hands on this drug. This needs to stop.
Abortion...why its right
Stop legalizing marijuana! Leave marijuana to the people who need it for medical purposes.
How Baltimore's homicide rate is affecting the city.
Recidivism is when a person relapses into criminal behavior. When someone "relapses" it means they are returning to jail. By having felons go throu...
Medical marijuana, is it really as bad as it is deemed to be?
Mass incarceration destroys communities
The death penalty is unfair, unconstitutional, and ineffective. This needs to change.
Alcohol is a problem in the remote villages of Alaska.
This letter is about how the jail system is so broken.
The idea of marijuana being legal brings up many red flags but few people consider what it can really help with. Many people believe that marijuana...
Drug abuse is a growing issue in America and addiction is plaguing friends, family and loved ones.
The depression of Native American youth has reached alarming rates on Native American reservations, with devastating consequences including high su...
The government is holding people in jail who should have been released years ago. One nonviolent offence should not put you away for life
Current drug policy is taking a toll on our country as a whole but by taking steps towards the legalization of cannabis we can alleviate issues suc...
20% of all incarcerated people are in for drug offenses, most of which are non-violent
Help me stop this abuse!
Some drugs can't help ease patients' pain and symptoms. Marijuana can be the solution to that problem.
Laws surrounding incarceration should be less harsh.
Gang Violence
Marijuana should not be legalized in any state.
Mandatory or readily available education about addiction is not only helpful but increasingly necessary.
Performance enhancing drugs are the lowest low an athlete can go. Do you want to be the person who keeps letting it happen and say "let the cheater...
The number of drug addicts in America is rapidly increasing, and they need your help.
Heroin and Prescription Pill Abuse
Drug abuse must stop
Drug Trafficking needs to be enforced more and needs to come to a stop!
Many people are doing drugs or having problems with drugs. I'm asking if we can make a difference about drug abuse and drug addiction.
If the government would legalize and tax on marijuana, would the public be better off? Yes. It would.
Half of mentally ill patients have a substance abuse problem. One of five people are mentally ill. One of ten people have a substance abuse problem.
by Jessica Gonzalez
To replace incarceration as a punitive measure for drug offenses with rehabilitation will reduce the holistic harm of the drug policy.
This article is to inform our next president of the severity of the problem of prescription drugs.
MEdicinal marijuan shoul be used for medical help
Child abuse need to be stop.You can help help by speaking up.
Athletes abuse the laws against performance enhancing drugs and illegal drugs, and who blames them, they get away with it.
Drug abuse is getting worse and worse.
My letter is about the federal and state prison systems. It talks about the increase in Incarcerated inmates, and their crimes. Also it gives stati...
My letter is about drug incarceration in America, showing how one choice can affect many other areas of our lives.
This is a letter about how drugs and gun violence is important to stop doing it in our society.
Many states have banned the Death Penalty, which takes away from the justice system. Why? read on...
A parent's worst nightmare. Drugs. How can we stop it?
Our proposition to lower the criminal rates and get the country out of debt.
Our country must solve the issue regarding the many veterans who have defended our country that are left without the homes and support they deserve.
Our current drug rehabilitation system needs to change to be more like the 1980s Swiss.
The court room is a very intense place with different systems and procedures to help it run functionally. With the increasing rate of incarceration...
College tuition has been rising for the past 40 years how will you becoming the next president solve this national problem
Teen drug abuse
Too many people are getting harmed by drug and alcohol abuse.
The mandatory minimum prison sentencing is unfair for people who have done minor crimes and it needs to be changed.
This is my letter on how drugs need to be talked about more.
This is a letter about how drugs are bad. Kids using drugs and selling them to people. Kids join gangs and the gangs sell drugs to them.
Why does America have only 5% of the world's population, yet 22% of the world's incarcerated population? It's time to end the idea that "being toug...
This is a letter about asking next president to act quickly to prevent deaths caused by drugs.
Drugs have increased and hurt family lives.
The election is upon us which brings up many topics, one in particular is incarceration. Incarceration has became a problem since the 80's and the ...
Mental health is not understood enough is society today, a change around this stigma must be changed.
Inmates with mental health concerns should be treated as patients, not prisoners
Take the focus off the War on Drugs and onto those affected by drugs.
The opioid epidemic is a big problem in the United States. Something has to be done fast.
This letter is about how teens have been increasingly abusing drugs, leading to poor decisions. Abusers need help.
The increasing availability of drugs to teenagers, causes early addicts and heartbreak to the family.