How successful have government efforts to curtail illicit drug use been? Why haven’t they met with greater success?
What will be an ideal response?
It is very difficult to assess success on drug use, but one might conclude that the system has been very successful at arresting, prosecuting, and incarcerating drug-use offenders but has been very unsuccessful in curtailing actual drug use. One issue that influences the level of success is the lack of adequate funding and also the use of available funding for some types of strategies such as enforcement at the expense of other strategies such as treatment.
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a. indeterminate sentencing b. contemporary sentencing c. quasi-independent sentencing d. determinate sentencing
Which is NOT one of the four categories of drugs reported to the Department of Justice?
A) Opium B) Synthetic narcotics C) Dangerous nonnarcotics D) Alcohol
Which of the following challenges could greatly complicate the mitigation process at the site of a chemical or biological attack?
a. Decontamination of the site may be delayed if the attack is massive in scale. b. Medical facilities and medical supplies may be severely stressed. c. Contaminants still at the site could endanger emergency personnel. d. All of the above.
Why are the formal time limits within which a defendant has a right to be tried under the Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial rarely met?
What will be an ideal response?