Substance Dependence
Essay should be one cohesive paper with accurately documented sources in APA format. You should not number each point, but rather incorporate each seamlessly in your essay.Specifically citing your reading content from Chapters 1 and 2, please explain how a social science perspective toward drug use differs from a moralistic, or punitive viewpoint.Explain how social scientists study the correlates of drug use. Giving specific examples, explain the strengths and weaknesses of these types of studies.Referring to Chapter 2, explain how social scientists describe the relationship between drug use and crime in society. Be sure to analyze the difference between drug use as a cause of crime versus being correlated with crime.Referring directly to the content of Chapter 3, explain the ways in which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates pharmaceutical drugs in the United States.Continuing with your analysis of Chapter 3, do you think that the federal government should regulate recreational drugs in the same way that it regulates pharmaceutical drugs? Why or why not?
