This is an assessment of the relationship between the immigration status and drug use. The relationship between the immigration status and drug use has been a subject that has brought about debates in America. Many people in the world believe that immigrants increase crime rates. This is the reason why many people have decided to do research on the matter. Policy decisions have also been based on the connection of the immigration and crimes. According to most of the researches conducted, it has found out that there are positive and negative relationship between crimes and immigrants (Bersani).
The control variable that was used in this research analysis was the dependent variable that was the immigration status and the independent variable was the drug use in the country. There are many sociological and criminal theories that can be found from the variables. The two variables are theoretically relevant. An example of a sociological theory that shows the linkage of drug use and immigration is based on the cultural perspectives. Some of these cultural perspectives are the culture of poverty and conflict. Immigrants are subjected to unfair conditions in the society. This fact causes them to live in poverty. Poverty has caused many immigrants to be involved in gang activities that usually sell drugs throughout the country (Bersani). There are numerous conflicts between the immigrants and the locals. The conflicts have caused many immigrants not to get jobs and, therefore, their lack of jobs has caused them to result in many mischievous or criminal deeds. In the independent variable, the theory that can be used to explain it looks at what brings about drug use. One of the factors that cause drug use has been linked to immigration. According to most researchers, the Mexican immigrants are the ones responsible in selling drugs in America (Butcher & Anne, p.460).
The unit of analysis that was looked at in the research was the immigrants and the relationship they have to the drug use. This unit of analysis will be able to determine exactly what makes the immigrants to be connected or linked to drug use or crimes in the society.
The research method that was used was the combination of the qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative method, the researcher will be able to look at the past researches and compare to the research they have conducted (Charles, Andrew & Michael). The quantitative research looks at the collected data that is transformed into numerical form to provide exact figures of the findings
