What constitutes a drug for purposes of the criminal law? What role does social convention play in deciding what constitutes a controlled substance?
What will be an ideal response?
For legal purposes, a drug is any chemical substance defined by social convention as bioactive or psychoactive. Social convention plays a major part of the definition of drug legality. History shows that this is the case. Marijuana was available in the early twentieth century and was not illegal. Social convention also defines what is socially acceptable, such as alcohol.
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Discuss and define “cost-benefit analysis.” Provide an example and discuss possible ethical problems with this type of analysis.
What will be an ideal response?
When we test two sample means and determine that they are significantly different at .01, this means that:
a. the two population means are different. b. the two population means are the same. c. the two population means are probably the same. d. the two population means may be different.
Where an arrest was based on probable cause, a search incident to this arrest is allowable provided by the Supreme Court in
A. Katz v. United States (1967). B. Carroll v. United States (1925). C. Chimel v. California (1969). D. United States v. Robinson (1973).
A ruling in a previous case that serves as a guide in deciding subsequent cases with similar circumstances is known as a(n) ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).