Question 1

Consider the fact that most of the public accepts the fact that alcohol consumption forms a continuum or spectrum, from occasional drinking to alcoholism, but the use of heroin and cocaine are considered "abuse," a kind of addiction. Discuss why this bifurcation takes place.

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Question 2

If the legal drugs cause roughly 30 times as many deaths as illegal drugs, why does the use of illicit drugs cause so much more furor than the use of legal drugs and attract so much more attention? Focus you answer on more than simply "the use of illicit drugs is deviant." Can we find material or medical reasons behind this condemnation?

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Question 3

Why do you think such a strong relationship exists between the consumption of alcohol and engaging in risky, deviant behavior?

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Question 4

What are the similarities and differences between the use of legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco and the use of illicit drugs such as marijuana and cocaine?

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Question 5

During the nineteen-teens, social and cultural forces mobilized to condemn and criminalize the sale of alcohol. How was it possible for Prohibition to have taken place in a society in which the consumption of alcohol is now considered conventional and is an activity in which the majority engages?

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Question 6

In the United States in the past 30 years or so, the number of alcohol-related fatalities, the percentage they constitute of all automobile fatalities, and the likelihood that they take place per million miles driven have all substantially declined. Discuss the reasons why this has taken place.

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Question 7

One of the most striking and influential developments that has taken place in the sphere of public health in the past 40 years or so has been the sharp decline in cigarette smoking. Why has smoking declined and how is it socially patterned?

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Question 8

Why do you think that such a strong relationship exists between the consumption of alcohol and being the victim of risky, deviant behavior?

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Question 9

Some countries have much higher rates of alcohol-related violence than others. Why in some countries is the consumption of alcohol related to violent behavior, while the drinking that takes place in other countries is much less frequently accompanied by violence?

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Question 10

Do you think that cigarette smoking is still "sublime," as some say it once was-that is, alluring, romantic, dangerous, and sexy? How has this image changed over the past generation?

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Quiz 6: Alcohol and Tobacco