Agenda for 11/20

1. Glamour Magazine names transgender Orono student as one of its 50 Inspiring Women for 2014.

2. Portugal's Drug Decriminalization program

3. Are drugs a health or criminal issue?

• Needle exchange programs
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• Methadone clinics
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• Drug "Safe House"
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4. Incarceration for Drugs - America has 5% of the world's population, 25% of it's prisoners.

5. Despite the arrests - 76.9 percent of drug offenders are rearrested for another drug offense.

6. How effective has America's "War on Drugs" been?

7. Who has an incentive to continue these drug war policies?

8. Why do politicians support these policies?

9. Next on Sociology - "The House I Live In"

HW - Assignment 13