Many causal paths lead to drug abuse. Identify and discuss these various causal paths
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The onset of drug use can be tied to such factors as racial prejudice, devalued identities, low self-esteem, poor socioeconomic status, and the high level of mistrust, negativism, and defiance found in impoverished areas. Some experts have linked substance abuse to psychological deficits such as impaired cognitive functioning, personality disturbance, and emotional problems, Substance abuse may have a genetic basis. Social psychologists suggest that drug abuse may also result from observing parental drug use. Substance abuse may be just one of many social problem behaviors. Some may use drugs and alcohol because they want to enjoy their effects: get high, relax, improve creativity, escape reality, and increase sexual responsiveness.
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a. right and wrong. b. evil to triumph. c. family and political values. d. the capacity to do right.
Why is Rios’s research in Oakland a perfect example of participant observation?
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What is the total world prison population according to Walmsley (2009):
a. 24,000,000; b. 11,000,000; c. 10,000,000; d. 40,000,000.
According to SCOTUS's opinion in U.S. v. Montoya de Hernandez (1985), involving the detention of a traveler at the border, the standard of evidence necessary to detain a traveler at the border, beyond the scope of a routine custom search and inspection, is: a. probable cause
b. no evidence at all, because the Fourth Amendment does not apply at the border. c. a clear indication of illegal activity. d. reasonable suspicion.