Cocaine
- Used as a stimulant or recreational drug, it's snorted, inhaled or inserted into veins.
- Powder from a dry leaf plant called coca. Founded in South America
- Became popular in the 1990's Colombian Cartels would make an export around 800 tons of Cocaine a year
- Cocaine is extremely addictive and bad for your health
- Symptoms
- Itching, fast heartbeat, hallucinations, paranoid delusions, hypothermia and a marked elevation of blood pressure,
- Symptoms
- "Blow"
- Prohibition of Cocaine in 1900
- Booming in larger cities
- Mexico and Colombia were big contributors to the trade of cocaine in the US. Middle and upper class drug
- 1-3% of people in the world use cocaine at some point in their life
- Booming in larger cities
- Uses
- Anesthesia
- Oxydation
- Stimulation
- Nutrients
- Coca Cola- soft carbonated drink patented in 1944
- Coca leaves
- Used since 1885
- Completely eliminated in the year 1929
- US and other nations prohibit sale of coca leaves
- Cocaine is powder on the leaf
- Prohibition of Cocaine in 1900
- Users
- Angelina Jolie
- George Clooney
- Oprah Winfrey
- Nicole Richey
- Johnny Depp
- Nicolas Cage
- Megan Fox
- Amy Winehouse
- Government
- In 2011, Obama administration gave over 88 million dollars for preventing drug use
- Obama administration has released National Prevention Strategy
- Prevents drug use before it starts
- Drug rate is still high, dropped by one third over the past three decades
- Cocaine usage has dropped by 43%
- Prevents drug use before it starts
US Military Bases
- "Secret" facility owned by military
- Shelters
- Equipment
- Trained Personnel
- Training facilities
- Shelters
- Location
- 800 military bases
- More than any other country in recorded history
- Mexico
- Africa
- Canada
- South America
- Europe
- Asia
- Australia
- No other country has a base on American soil
- In some cases, we have permission, in some we don't
- 174 bases in Germany
- 83 in South Korea
- 113 in Japan
- Problem
- Environmental Issues
- Millions of tons of toxic wast being dumped
- Spreads fatal cancers and disease
- $5.4 billion spent on cleanup efforts
- Local toll
- Thousands have been driven out of their homes
- Labor Abuse in Afghanistan
- Forced labor and human trafficking
- 14 hour work days
- Unsustainable low pay for migrant workers
- Money
- $156 billion a year
- US taxpayers pay $10,000-40,000
- $85 billion in 2014
- Okinawa, Japan
- Incidents of US servicemen raping young Japanese girls and women
- Sparked protests to reduce presence
- Terrorism and Radicalism
- Creates motivation for radicalism
- Recruiting tool for Al Qaeda
- Strong Anti-Americanism
- Gave Osama Bin Laden inspiration and motivation for 9/11
- War
- What is being done?
- Expanding military bases
- Obama orders to reduce labor abuse and environmental problems
- Actions by other countries
- Protests have risen to close bases
- Came from WWII
- Not necessary
- Solutions
- Close unnecessary bases
- Reducing Problems
- Cleaner disposal methods of toxic waste
- New laws to combat labor abuse
- Stronger penalties for sexual assaults
- Protect locals
- Healthy compromise
- Protecting US while decreasing military presence
- What is being done?
- Environmental Issues
Illegal Immigration
- Illegal Immigration:
- What is immigration?
- People moving from one country to another with legal paperwork
- What is illegal immigration?
- People moving from one country to another without permission or paperwork
- Why do people want to come to the US either legally or illegally?
- Legally: job opportunities, family opportunities, reunite with family
- Illegally: same reasons as legals but they think it takes to long and they don't want to wait
- Why do US citizens get upset about illegal immigrants?
- Legal immigrants took the time and effort to get here
- Taking jobs
- They feel like they are taking advantage of the US, not paying taxes
- People don't like culture change
- Drugs
- Why is it easy for politicians to ignore the problem of illegal immigration?
- Hispanic votes
- This is true for Republicans because Republicans are seen as anti-immigration so Hispanics don't vote for them, so Republicans just don't talk about it
- What is birthright citizenship?
- If you are born in the United States, you are a United States citizen
- If parents come illegally and have a child, they get to stay because the child is a citizen
- 14th amendment
- Trump believes that this should be changed and that it isn't right
- What are "anchor babies"?
- If illegal immigrants give birth to a child in the United States, it makes it easier for the parents to stay in the United States
- Legal Immigration Statistics:
- 2013: 990,553 people are granted lawful permanent residence in the United States
- "Green cards"- given official legal status here while you are working towards becoming a citizen
- Naturalized citizen- someone who comes here legally, takes a test, cannot run for President
- The top countries of origin of legal immigrants:
- Mexico (14%)
- China (7.2%)
- India (6.9%)
- Philippines (5.5%)
- Dominican Republic (4.2%)
- 2013: a total of 779,929 people become naturalized US citizens
- Top countries of origin of naturalized US citizens:
- Mexico (12,7%)
- India (6.4%)
- Philippines
- Dominican Republic
- China
- Illegal Immigration Statistics:
- 2012: the Department of Homeland Security estimates that there are 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States
- The top countries of origin of illegal immigrants are:
- Mexico (59%)
- El Salvador (6%)
- Guatemala (5%)
- Honduras (3%)
- Philippines (3%)
- 2012: top top us states where unauthorized immigrants settle
- California (25%)
- Texas (16%)
- Florida (6%)
- New York (5%)
- Illinois (5%)
- Unauthorized immigrants to the United States tend to be young (61% between ages 25-44) and male (53%)
- Young people come so they can start a life and build a family
- Males come over more often because of jobs
- 2013: 662,483 unauthorized immigrants are apprehended
- More than 64% are from Mex
- 2013: 438,421 unauthorized immigrants are removed from the United States
- Mexico (72%)
- Guatemala (11%)
- Honduras (8%)
- El Salvador (5%)
- President Obama's Plan:
- cracking down on illegal immigration at the border (both Democrats and Republicans agree with this)
- deporting felons, not families
- accountability- criminal background checks and taxes
- Streamlining legal immigration (keep it under 5 years)
- Under President Obama, more illegal immigrants have been deported than by any other President
- What is immigration?
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