A recurring feature of US society according to Reinarman has been
a. a cycle of little widespread use of drugs followed by legislation against drugs giving rise to a huge user population and a greater problem.
b. drug scares beginning with the laws to prohibit marijuana.
c. fears of outsider beginning with Communism in 1917.
d. drug scares beginning with the Temperance movement.
D
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In 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution__________.
A. repealed Prohibition B. outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol across the country C. legalized all tobacco products D. prohibited the sale and distribution of opiate-derivative drugs
In the context of the sociological explanations of family and aging, which of the following is a limitation of conflict theories?
A. Conflict theory links family inequality to capitalism and social class, but there is also considerable family inequality in countries that are not capitalist. B. Conflict theory discusses high-income brackets, but it does not consider the inheritance of property by the next generation. C. Conflict theory focuses more on young people and their lives, and it seldom discusses the issues of older people. D. Conflict theorytends to gloss over data that show that intimate partner violence (IPV) is often mutual and not one-sided. E. Conflict theory is a micro-level perspective, and it fails to address macro-level constraints, such as structural factors.
Some Americans believe that women are passive and irrational. For many women, these beliefs are:
a. external stressors. b. acute stressors. c. normative stressors. d. volitional stressors.
What is at the center of the process by which some troubling social conditions and social issues come to be defined as social problems?
A. political entrepreneurship B. news reporting C. claims making D. public debates