Question 1

A high proportion of military personnel picked up a heroin habit during their wartime experience in Vietnam during the 1960s and 1970s.What happened to them? Did they remain addicted? Did they seek treatment? Describe their trajectory from addiction to their subsequent return to the United States.Be as specific and detailed as you can.

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Question 2

What are some of the effects of the narcotics that would lead some members of the society to try and user them? On the other hand,what are some of their effects that would repel potential users from trying them? Given their frequency of use relative to some of the other drugs we've looked at (such as marijuana,amphetamines,cocaine,and LSD),which of these two forces is most influential or dominant?

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Question 3

In the United States,addiction to and abuse of drugs in generally,and narcotics specifically,has waxed and waned since the nineteenth century,with periods of much greater use alternating with periods of much less use.Can you imagine a time in the future when drug abuse,including addiction to the narcotics,simply declines to zero? Why or why not?

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Question 4

Summarize what we know about narcotic use and abuse over time from the indicators and sources of data we have-such as surveys,overdose statistics,drug tests of arrestees.

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Question 5

Given the fact that heroin is one of the least often use of the illicit drugs,do you think that its use generates more hysteria and concern than is warranted by its objective harm and danger? Or do you think there is a legitimate basis for the fear and concern? Explain your answer.

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Question 6

What distinguishes controlled narcotic users from compulsive narcotic users,addicts and abusers? How do controlled users avoid addiction? What are some tactics that might distinguish them-but don't?

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Question 7

Though anomie theory regards the opiate addict as a "double failure" and a "retreatist," addicts are more likely to see themselves as purposeful,active,and resourceful-exactly the opposite image.Why do these two images differ so sharply? On what basis do addicts view themselves in such a positive fashion?

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Question 8

If you could press a button and magically make all the narcotics on Earth disappear,would you do it? Why or why not? Justify your answer.

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Question 9

Given the maladies,harms,and dangers associated with narcotics,the question that non-users are likely to pose to persons who do use them is: Why use narcotics? Why turn on in the first place? Discuss the answer that users of narcotics give,knowing what you know from interview studies.

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Question 10

From interviews,we discover that drug use among arrestees can be divided into three "eras." Describe what those eras were and which drugs tended to be used by arrestees during each.

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