Question by burkedawn: Is the war against drug abuse a good topic for a research paper? If so what would be a good hypothesis for it?
I am wirting a research paper for my class at University of Phoenix online and I chose to do an essay on the “war against drug abuse”. What I am wanting to know is what would be a good hypothesis for this topic area?

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Answer by clover spots
you could posit
1 what pressures has the war on drugs put on our prisons, hospitals
2 why is funding given more to arrest drug offenders than to treat them
3 what is the goal of the war on drugs, has it been met
4. what are other options that have been used in other countries, are they feasible here

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Time to Let It Go

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Time to Let It Go
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Everything happens for a reason
And you aint gonna stop it
If you build your own prison
Only you have a key to unlock it
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Lyrics from ‘Let it Go’ by the Randy Rogers Band.

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