What are four strategies for controlling drugs in the United States? Give an example of each strategy. If you were to formulate our nation's response to drug use, which strategies would you employ? Why?
What is an Ideal response?
• Interdiction: stopping the movement of drugs across the border.
• Prosecution: enforcing laws that ban drug sale, possession, or use.
• Education: programs that try to convince people to stop using drugs or not to begin at all.
• Treatment: programs to help people overcome drug-related problems.
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a) differential reinforcement b) differential revulsion c) differential learning d) differential rejection
According to Meyer, attempts to punish gender nonconformity could be perceived not only as attempts to enforce gender conformity but also as attempts to restrict:
a. heterosexuality b. women's liberation c. homosexuality d. racism
One of the core commitments of sociology is
A. socialization b. social activism c. social work d. socialism
After a natural disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, relief money is sometimes used to rebuild wealthy areas before it is used to rebuild poor ones. Which theoretical paradigm would adopt this argument?
a. Symbolic interactionism b. Structural functionalism c. Feminist theory d. Conflict theory