for natural Science Guru Final Essay Exam

The Final Examination will consist of four essay questions based on course content. Each essay should be 300-500 words and offer a concise, complete response. 

Be sure to submit your essay exam in one WORD document using APA style. 

Please number your responses to correspond to the question number assigned below.

Respond to FOUR of the following SIX questions:

1. Levinthal states that “the wave of anti-drug legislation in the 1980’s profoundly changed America’s criminal justice system” that continues to present times. Highlight some of the major drug regulations between 1980 to present and discuss how these drug regulations have reshaped our criminal justice system. Include at least one major impact to each of the three components of our criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, corrections) in your discussion. 
2. The “Gateway Hypothesis” suggests that the use of a specific drug will inherently lead to the abuse of other, more harmful drugs. Discuss marijuana’s potential as a “gateway” drug. Explain the three considerations of the hypothesis as they apply to marijuana: sequencing, association and causation. 
3. How did films like "Reefer Madness" produced and distributed in the 1930’s impact the public’s awareness of marijuana and foster public support for criminalizing marijuana? Include elements of the social milieu at the time to support your answer. 

1. Explain the controversial issues in law enforcement profiling. Be sure to include: the “drug courier profile”, U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the most significant criticism of drug-courier profiling methods and one statistic in your discussion. 
2. Describe Law Enforcement’s three major strategies for regulating illicit drugs. Include in your discussion: 1) at least one example of an activity within each strategy; 2) what strengths and weaknesses can you identify for each strategy? 
3. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 established a five-category Controlled Substance Schedule for licit and illicit drugs.
   Describe the Controlled Substance Schedule and explain how it directs present-day federal drug enforcement activity. Make sure to include their potential for abuse, the potential for medicinal use, access to the public and examples of drugs from each level.  
   Explain how this Schedule directs present-day federal drug enforcement activity: include controversies about the Schedule, and how it relates to prosecution and sentencing in the Criminal Justice system.