SociCT2

Directions for CT 2

Reading: 1. Knapp: Chapters 3-4 2. James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath. 2008. The American Drug Scene. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company. 7th Edition (summary for this paper down below. )

Critical Thought Papers (CT)

The papers will be 1300-1400 words in length, single-spaced, 12-point font, 1” margins, no heading. I only want your name at the top and nothing else. These papers will include your thoughts on the assigned reading. There is no prompt. It is expected that the assignment will be well-edited, thoughtful, and written in true essay format. Points will be deducted for short papers, poor grammar, bullet points, and the like. The papers will be checked with turnitin.com, so do not collaborate with others. Quotes from the book can be used, but should not be the majority of your paper and should be marked as quotations so as not to plagiarize. The paper should not show more than a 10% match with other sources on Turnitin.com. These papers can include: personal stories of experiences you have had related to this section, information from the research you found in the books that sheds more light on the topic, questions/arguments about the reading you want to bring to light, thoughts on applications of the material to your own life, etc. This is your time to show you thorough read the material and understand it.

Reading 2 summary The American Drug Science book talks about psychoactive drug use in the United States which are continuously shifting and changing. In the 1930s people were using Marijuana followed by Heroin in the 1950s. LSD and marijuana in the 1960s. In the 1970s amphetamines, other prescription drugs, and powder cocaine were very popular. In the 1980s, the crack epidemic was popular. Nowadays, there is a misuse of prescription drugs and new psychoactive drugs.

The textbook talks about - - Opium and its derivatives - Cocaine - Heroin - Morphine - The Heroin Epidemic - LSD - Amphetamines - Methaqualone

- The return of Marijuana - Phencyclidine (PCP) - Crack Cocaine - Club drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances - Misuse of Prescription drugs