Question 1

Considering the characteristics and effects of the substances that were introduced in this chapter, discuss why the possession and sale of some of them are legal, or legal under certain conditions, and others are completely illegal.

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Question 2

Why is the term "drug abuse" problematic, slanted, and inexact?

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Question 3

What are some of the most important ways that legal drug use differs from illegal use? What are some of the ways that instrumental drug use differs from recreational use? Provide examples of each type.

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Question 4

Why are both the "essentialist" (or "objective") and the "constructionist" (or "subjective") definitions of what a drug is both relevant to a sociological consideration of drug use?

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Question 5

Briefly summarize the different definitions of what a drug is. Which of these definitions are most relevant to the approach adopted in this book, and why?

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Question 6

Is alcohol a drug? Discuss.

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Question 7

Discuss some of the social changes, both nationally and worldwide, that have facilitated drug use during the past generation or so.

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Question 8

Among the points made in the overview section of this chapter, which one do you believe is the most sociologically important, and why?

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Question 9

Advocates of drug legalization have argued that alcohol is American society's most harmful drug, and, hence, fairness would dictate that if alcohol is legal, the currently illicit drugs should be legalized as well. In the light of some of the points the author made in this chapter, evaluate this argument.

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Quiz 2: A History of Drug Use