Drugs and Society Made by: C.A BA(HONS) Criminology Drugs and Society Assignment Title: Each student should choose a drug of his/her own choice and discuss the following in about 2000 words: * The Use and Abuse of the drug * The Legal Aspect of the use of the drug * The Socio-Psychological explanation of its use * Punishment/Treatment and Prevention aspects Due Date: 11th February 2011 Contents: 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………pg
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that are most related to psychoactive drug reaction. The first layer of the brain is the cortex which covers the top and sides of the brain. This area controls reasoning and language‚ and this area will be less active when under sedative drugs. The basal ganglia are located underneath the cortex and it is made up of by the striatum. The striatum controls muscle tone and is part of the dopamine pathway which is a potential transport highway for psychoactive drugs. The hypothalamus is at the base of
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television commercial‚ radio advertisement‚ outdoor advertising or direct mail; or new media such as websites and text messagesModern advertising developed with the rise of mass production in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Type Demerits1 Demerits of Advertising (Objections) Various objections against it may be listed as follows: 1. Economic Objections a) Advertising is not productive. It is true that it does not produce any tangible goods. It is said to involve wasteful expenditure
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The amount of violence within society today is astounding and medical studies have proven to show acts of violence with relation to drug abuse. Drug abuse is regarded to as a personal and antisocial dependence which usually leads to a punishable offense by authorities. Social conflict theory and drug abuse would be considered a problem of inequality and class conflict. While drug abuse is a problem throughout society‚ a conflict theory would argue that minorities or lower class groups are more
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The Impact of Drugs on Society Drugs have effects on society in many different ways. The negative consequences of drug abuse affect not only individuals who abuse drugs but also their families and friends‚ various businesses‚ and government resources. The ONDCP (2202) discusses the effects of drug abuse. “Although many of these affects cannot be quantified‚ ONDCP reported that in 2002‚ the economic cost of drug abuse to the United States was $180.9 billion.”(www.usdoj.gov ) Devastating
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The consumption of drug has been done in all societies for ages‚ but with the pass of the time it has changed the characteristics of the consumption. This situation is because the influence of social factors. Now days‚ our society is infest with this issue “DRUGS”. The use of most of the drugs are illegal‚ however it had become normal to use it. It is frequently see that its consumption can be from a regular kid to a high executive person. As an example we can go to the street and find a lot
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A Society without Drugs Have you ever wondered of how wonderful our society would be‚ if we are able to get rid of Illegal Drug Usage in our community? Despite having tough anti-drug laws‚ the U.S. has the highest level of illegal drug use in the world. As per the World Health Organization ’s survey of legal and illegal drug use in 17 countries‚ U.S report the highest level of drug usage (CBS news). The second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana among young people is the usage of prescription
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7b) A demerit good is a product or a service that goes against common interest of a population and is related to promoting negative externalities. Examples of demerit goods are alcohol‚ fast food and cigarettes. All of these are goods that mostly cause problems in health and as a result they are causing a negative externality of high health costs to the NHS. These costs need to be covered by taxation and other sanctions which ultimately aim to reduce the consumption of demerit goods. T.V can be
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public office and who exercises governmental functions. Public officers are expected to sacrifice themselves to the ethics of their craft. They must be obedient to their calling and they are also part of government of the day. Public Officers offer social services to everyone in need. These services that they provide in most cases are not offered by the private organizations. For instance‚ when disaster strikes whether caused by nature or man‚ and the affected people need to be evacuated‚ the first
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Merit and demerit goods Merit goods Merit goods are also things that are ’good’ for you‚ but unlike public goods they can be provided privately. The problem is that if they are provided solely by the private sector then they tend to be under-consumed‚ so‚ again‚ the government has to step in to correct the market failure. The best two examples are health and education. Both of these goods can be provided privately. Some of you may be at a private school (or independent school‚ as they are called)
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