What conflicts in social policies does the decriminalization of marijuana highlight?
What will be an ideal response?
On the one hand, there is the demand in American politics for individual freedom and self-determination. On the other hand, the War on Drugs has been waged since at least the 1980s, emphasizing the dangers of all drugs. These are important political and social values that are often in direct opposition to one another.
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Political-science models designed to predict electoral outcomes assume that people vote with a ___________ perspective
a. reactive b. retrospective c. proactive d. practical e. future-oriented
Psychologists study behavioral variability
a. among individuals b. across situations c. over time d. as a function of age e. all of the above
Sunshine laws ______.
a. save energy b. change work hours c. provide government transparency d. promote solar power
Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a. The USA Patriot Act enacted shortly after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, raised serious questions about the right of privacy in the United States. b. The Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the two international covenants on human rights prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race or color. c. Shortly after the United States eliminated slavery in 1865, most of the rest of the international community followed suit, and the practice of involuntary servitude is basically a thing of the past. d. Genocide and mass killing remain problems for the international community.