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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
U.s. Scourge Spreads South Of The Border :: essays research papers fc
U.S. SCOURGE SPREADS SOUTH OF THE BORDERIn a recent newspaper article pen in the San Diego Union Tribunecalled U.S. Scourge Spreads South. A very disturbing fact was opening do drugsdoors just south of our own community, which is why I chose to do an in depthstudy of the easiness of drug purchase in our southern neighbor. Its not newnews but a overwhelming harvest in the usage of drugs, especially Rohypnol.The Mexican border town called Tijuana across from San Diego,California, once was a famous as a playground for drunken sailors and collegestudents. Today, regimen on both sides of the border warn, it has turnedinto a gangland run by a growing number of ruthless cartels that sell drugs. Itis no seven-day just marijuana (pot), but a growing problem with other types ofdrugs like Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine, and Cocaine.I recently visited the neighbor city of Tijuana and rode in a Tijuanataxi and was immediately met with a taxi driver named Jose, a Tijuana taxidriver in an ope n-necked, baby blue silk shirt, he sizes up the touriststrudging off the footbridge from the United States. Taxi, sir? You wantpharmacy? I get you a good pharmacy, he urges, stepping from a line ofbeckoning taxi drivers in big belts and straw cattleman hats. Good prices Noprescriptions Do I look like I want drugs? I didnt even solicit thebusiness. I almost felt uncanny because this is exactly what I was planning to domy paper on. Soon he is nosing his long yellow Oldsmobile through scruffystreets choked with pharmacies. I asked for Somas-a drug that gives the exploiter afeeling of drunkenness without all the liquor, and outlaw(prenominal) in the United States.In less than 45 minutes I was able to purchase the drug right over the counter.Of course, I didnt actually purchase the drug, but kindly told the pharmacythat his price was too high.This just goes to show you how easy it was to get an illegal drug just30 minutes from SDSU. And instead of being sold by gun-toting drug traff ickers,it is available in much of Latin America with a doctors prescription--ofteneasily obtained. It appears to be crossing the U.S. border via boomingpharmacies in cities such as Tijuana.The sudden popularity of the drug (Somas) has returned the spotlight toMexicos border drugstores, which for years concord through a thriving business withAmericans but have recently exploded in number with the Tijuana residents. Tijuana residents are nearly twice as likely to have used an illegal drug as
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