Drug Trafficking and Police Corruption Overview

Police corruption is an issue that must be addressed, but a pivotal preliminary question is how do we know that corruption occurs? The trafficking of illegal drugs is outlawed and watched very closely, yet trafficking still occurs. It is not the corruption of one officer in one district that contributes to trafficking, but hundreds of officers in many districts. There is no answer to stopping corruption because the problem is so widespread but there ware ways to reduce it.

Drug trafficking occurs in various ways and forms but always involves the moving of drugs from one hand, to another. Trafficking allows drugs to move across a region or nation faster than anyone can track. Because the business is illegal, the monetary gains are exponential and provide a great motivation for those who want to traffic.

- Jacob and A.J.

Peer Influence on Illegal Drugs

When facing the challenge of someone offering an illegal drug, we all have a choice to make, and we all need to be careful about it. Someone may say that if you don't take the drug, then they won't be friends with you or they will spread terrible stories and rumors about you. But don't be fooled. If you want to be friends with those people, then you have to live with the consequences of their behaviors. Peer pressure is a hard thing to encounter, but if your "friends" are going to say bad stuff to you and do bad stuff that you don't think is right, you'd be better off without them. Remember to keep your friends close, and know not to be influenced by someone offering an illegal drug.

Callie and Paige, Lahser High School

Passive Smoke or a second hand smoking

Today secondhand smoke is one of the major sources of indoor air pollution. In Italy nearly everybody has tried or smokes frequently and the percentage of passive smoking is high. Usually parents smoke in front of their children and it’s not a good thing to do, they get dependent and they are influenced and drawn to try. I personally hate when people that are in my family smoke in front of me but I’m used to it and I hope that I’ll never fall in the black hole!
Eleonora Grio
International school of Treviso

International School Of Treviso

Pupils from Media 3 of The International School Of Treviso will soon be posting their own Blogs and responding to your blogs based on our recent studies relating to Drug Awareness. As English is a second language for them please excuse any minor grammatical errors on their part and feel free to comment on their blogs.
Thanks
Dave Henriksen
Media teacher
International School Treviso Italy

Personal Choices: Do or Die

Making choices is very important when it comes to illegal drugs. To start, it can be the friends we choose that will affect our choice whether to do drugs or not. If you have friends that either take the drugs themselves OR are major suppliers of the drug, it is very likely that you would join them in taking the drugs like cocaine or marijuana. Also, the media has a big role play in influencing the use of illegal drugs. Some good examples include the movies (If there is a scene in which they do drugs, there's a possibility you would want to try it yourself to act like that character) and the news (Talks about the harmful effects of doing illegal drugs which could influence you that it is NOT worth taking the risk). In the end, it's all up to you whether you want to take part in drugs or not.

Eddie and Mahmudur

Lahser High School

Good Parenting

Good parenting is important for many reasons. One reason is so you can keep your childeren off of hard drugs like cocaine, crystal meth, or heroin. With good parenting you can make sure your childrens intrest are in productive things and not in things that are bad. You can also have good communication with your children, so they will be able to talk to you about things that are pressuring them, such as drugs. If they make the idea of doing drugs seem wrong at a very young age, kids will more likely stay away, knowing that it is wrong. Good parenting is important in making sure your children don't do drugs.

Police Liaison

Police Liaison officers are employed by the township and maintain a positive relationship with the schools. I think that Police Liaison programs are a good thing because apart from real officers they are there to provide peace throughout communities which can help them to grow. They are also good because they can help officers to understand the culture of their community, specifically with what is going on with their young adults, and also help people can feel safe and protected.

By: Louis Y. and Michael P.
From: Lahser Highschool