DQ Responses
Discussion Forum 1
• Project into the future and discuss what you think will be the nature of our society's drug-use problems by the year 2025. Base your suppositions on some of the social, political, economic, law-enforcement, technological, scientific, and/or medical developments you envision occurring by that time.
When the year 2025 comes I expect drug-use to be common place. It seems the recent “Molly/MDA” pill craze and marijuana legalization as indicators of what’s to come. It seems that the fact that drugs are addictive is no longer used as a scare tactic. Using certain types of drugs to experiment is considered norm and encouraged in our society. I know this is a bold statement, but it’s clear we see less drug prevention programs in place in our schools and its super sensationalized in our media. The nature of the problem will be that drug use is no longer seen as a problem or a major issue in society. I also think that we as a society allowing marijuana use to be a debatable thing is opening the flood gates for other drugs to one day be common place. I think as technology advances and as we evolve as a society the use of certain drugs as “enhancers” will be introduced. Studies being conducted will probably lean towards the legalization of the drugs.
Discussion Forum 2
• In this module you are studying about the effects of drugs on the human body and mind. Given that drugs can alter normal functioning and affect how a person performs his or her job, discuss the issue of screening tests that some employers use to check employees for drug use. What is your view of such tests? Do you feel, for example, that they are a violation of an individual's rights, or do you think they are needed for the public's safety? How accurate are these tests? Be sure to provide reasons for your positive or negative reaction to such testing.
Drug screening is an absolute must in today’s workforce. Drug use can lead to over or under performance. Allowing
• Project into the future and discuss what you think will be the nature of our society's drug-use problems by the year 2025. Base your suppositions on some of the social, political, economic, law-enforcement, technological, scientific, and/or medical developments you envision occurring by that time.
When the year 2025 comes I expect drug-use to be common place. It seems the recent “Molly/MDA” pill craze and marijuana legalization as indicators of what’s to come. It seems that the fact that drugs are addictive is no longer used as a scare tactic. Using certain types of drugs to experiment is considered norm and encouraged in our society. I know this is a bold statement, but it’s clear we see less drug prevention programs in place in our schools and its super sensationalized in our media. The nature of the problem will be that drug use is no longer seen as a problem or a major issue in society. I also think that we as a society allowing marijuana use to be a debatable thing is opening the flood gates for other drugs to one day be common place. I think as technology advances and as we evolve as a society the use of certain drugs as “enhancers” will be introduced. Studies being conducted will probably lean towards the legalization of the drugs.
Discussion Forum 2
• In this module you are studying about the effects of drugs on the human body and mind. Given that drugs can alter normal functioning and affect how a person performs his or her job, discuss the issue of screening tests that some employers use to check employees for drug use. What is your view of such tests? Do you feel, for example, that they are a violation of an individual's rights, or do you think they are needed for the public's safety? How accurate are these tests? Be sure to provide reasons for your positive or negative reaction to such testing.
Drug screening is an absolute must in today’s workforce. Drug use can lead to over or under performance. Allowing