CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Drug Czar, Societal Collapse, Curtilage
1 Mar 2018
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Any chemical substance defined by social convention as bioactive or psychoactive. A specifically defined bioactive or psychoactive chemical substance prohibited by law. Marijuana = can be used as supplemental med. Methamphetamine = pill form, snorted, smoked, or injected. Three schools of thought form basis for current drug policy. Public health generalism = all drugs harmful, all users victims. Cost-benefit specifism = social costs of drug abuse. All recent antidrug policies based on one of these schools of thought. Drug abuse shares many characteristics with victimless crimes like prostitution or gambling. One of the most serious issues for le. 22% of all vehicle crashes resulting in death are alcohol related. Use of alcohol leads to commission of other crimes. Crimes committed due to judgement altered by drugs. Estimates suggest 24. 6 million americans age 12+ are current illegal drug users. Considerable decline since peak in 1979 but gradual increase in recent years.
