Zebang Chen

Criqitue on "War on Drugs"

1. I think this article should add some information about why drugs were being absued globally and within U.S. If this is a war on drugs, then we need to explore the true reason and logic behind drug abuse issue. The article covers practical actions against drugs and the consequence of these actions. It did not answer one fundamental question: Why people are using drugs? Is there any interest group is intentionally misleading people to abuse drugs because of the tremendous profits of this industry? Are people abusing drugs because they are trying to escape from the reality which they were suffering but did not have the ability to change. For example, the article mentions wars and actions in Vietnam. The soliders were using heroins during and after the war. There should be more information about why it becomes a problem. What is the relationship between drug abuse and veterans'psychic trauma? Some veterans did not receive appropriate social support and insurance after the war. Could that be a reson why soldiers abused drugs? What is the relationship between the lack of social resources and drug abuse. We should add a new section and explore the logic behind drug abuse. Otherwise all the actions mentioned in the article are suppression rather than the solution.

2. Some information can be updated. In the section of "Alternatives", the article talks about promoting regulations rathe than punishments might be an effective way to solve the problem. Most of the data and information come from 2004. It is 2022 now and both U.S. and Canada have already carried out legal drug injection point for drug addicts as regulation. For example, in November 2021, New York city has opened the first injection site. We can update more infomatino about his part. What are the pros and cons of injection site? Is it against ethics? Is the death rate of drug addicts and drug-related criminal activities going up or down? How should the society balance between regulation and punishment? These are all meaingfull questions.

3. One of the most important global even recently is COVID-19. I think the article can explore drug abuse problem during the pandemic years. Also, the part of "Efficacy" should be updated. The latest information inlcuded in the article is from 2014. And one picture about the death of overdose up until 2019. How about the recent three years. Is the death rate going up or down? What are the new-type drugs in recent years? What is the relationship between COVID-19 and drug abuse rate? One a drug addict receive COVID vaccines, what will happen?--Zebang Chen (talk) 10:48, 25 April 2022 (UTC)ZebangChenucsd(Talk)10:47,25 April 2022 (UTC)

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