Discuss the patterns of drug use, including who uses them and how drug use spreads. What are treatment options?

What will be an ideal response?


The ideal answer should include:
1. Drug use among Americans has stabilized or is declining somewhat, except for a few drugs, most noticeably marijuana.
2. Men are more likely to use drugs, and they use more of them than do women.
3. Drug use is found in all socioeconomic groups, although the type of drug used differs.
4. Drug use is a learned behavior that spreads through groups of peers.
5. Treatment options include (a) therapeutic communities and (b) methadone maintenance.

Sociology

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Jane and Leanne work as researchers at ABN Foundation and have been assigned a new assignment on families. For the assignment, they will need to study families in which conflict and misbehavior occur regularly. Jane and Leanne are currently discussing whetherthey should use the family systems theory to conduct the research. Which of the following statements, if true, is likely to strengthen the case for using this theory?

A) Researchers atABN Foundation often refer to the symbolic interaction theory when studying families. B) Critics point out that the theory focuses more on dysfunctional families and less on healthy families. C) Research indicates that the family systems theory provides limited insight into how a family functions. D) The family systems theory focuses on individual family members but not on how the members interact within the family system.

Sociology

The branch of the men's movement that is conservative and wants to maintain male dominance is called the

A) profeminist movement. B) masculinist movement. C) antifeminist movement. D) maninist movement.

Sociology

In South Africa, __________segregated nonwhites from whites and made legal many forms of discrimination that benefited the white ruling minority

a. Jim Crow b. colonialism c. apartheid d. penal codes

Sociology

The supervising officers of a second-generation jail are unable to respond quickly to problems or interact effectively with inmates becauseĀ ________.

A. of the podular design of the cells that prevents them from looking inside B. the pods are extremely overcrowded C. razor wires surround the facility in an awkward manner D. of an intervening security control booth?

Sociology