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Essay Instructions: Answer the two questions. Be sure to answer all parts of the questions, identifying each individual segment of each response by its number and letter: for example, 1a, 1b, etc.
If possible use the following as a reference: Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior, 12th ed., by Charles Ksir, Carl L. Hart, and Oakley Ray (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2008).
Question 1
a. Describe the major causes for concern regarding cocaine use, and compare them with various causes for concern regarding amphetamine use, showing evidence of your understanding of their similarities and dissimilarities.
b. Explain the basic rationale and theoretical foundations for the extensive use of amphetamine in the treatment of ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder).
c. Provide your personal viewpoint on major concerns about ADHD diagnoses and the efficacy of drug treatments that have led to recent controversy.
d. Present a brief but well-reasoned argument for or against the legalization of cocaine use in our society, beginning with your own definition of what constitutes "legalization." Include specific measures you would advocate.

Question 2
a. Provide evidence of your understanding of the ways in which time course events of barbiturate and benzodiazepine actions contribute to the onset of psychological and/or physical dependence.
b. Describe the key functions of GABA (g-aminobutryic acid) in producing the effects of various sedative-hypnotic agents, with specific reference to benzodiazepines.
c. Summarize the essential causes for concern associated with the use of either barbiturates or benzodiazepines, and include comment on the societal implications of toxicity factors linked to heavy dosage.

Essay Instructions: The Project 1 assignment is to write a position paper of 1000-1250 words with respect to the following:

One night Terry borrowed a friend's car so that Terry and a friend, Kim, could get to their jobs at the hotel where they worked as servers in the cocktail lounge. In order to be able to stay awake and alert on their shift at the restaurant, they took some amphetamine tablets that they got from their roommates, who are students at the local law school. While Terry and Kim were driving toward the restaurant, for no apparent reason, a police officer stopped the pair. The officer explained that the license plate was not plainly visible as the officer drove behind them. Once they stopped, the officer could see the license plate, and the proper registration stickers were evident. The officer seemed to have a particular interest in Terry, the driver. The officer decided to search the interior of the car. The officer found the bottle of amphetamine pills in the glove box of the car near where Kim had been sitting. Terry and Kim explained that the car did not belong to them and that Terry had borrowed it from a friend. The officer called for a K9 certified in detecting the odors of illegal drugs. The K9 located a small used marijuana pipe under the driver’s seat. Terry claimed ignorance of the pipe. After their respective arrests, the officer found recreational amounts of marijuana in Terry’s and Kim’s pockets. Terry and Kim are hopeful that all the evidence of drug possession can be excluded from admission in evidence due to a Fourth Amendment violation.

Can either Terry or Kim, or both, successfully suppress the evidence of amphetamine possession from their upcoming trials? Can they suppress the evidence of marijuana possession? Can they suppress the evidence of marijuana pipe? Are both defendants in the same legal position? Explain fully, giving proper legal rationales for your decisions. State the legal doctrine that applies to each component of the facts recited; apply the facts to the legal standard, and come to a definite conclusion as appropriate, supporting your conclusion with the legal doctrine.

Submit one word document in APA format.

Essay Instructions:
Assignment: Childhood Development, Are Addictive Drugs Always Addicting? Although it may be difficult to imagine young children using addictive drugs, children do so for an extended period. Perhaps even more alarming is that many of these children are being forced to consume these powerful addictive drugs by their parents on the recommendation of a pediatrician. Methylphenidate or Ritalin and Amphetamine or Adderall are some of the most frequently used drugs for this age group.

For your assignment, a principal at a local elementary school asked you to serve as a professional resource for a group of parents whose children were recently diagnosed with ADHD. The parents were concerned when they heard a news story noting the enormous addictive potential of drugs commonly used for the treatment of ADHD. The news anchor referred to these drugs as “kiddie-crack.”

The principal asked you to develop a 2-page paper, addressing several of the parents’ primary concerns. You should include the following points in the presentation:


Does a child that displays “hyperactivity” always diagnosed with ADHD? What other problems, conditions, and/or life circumstances can lead to or mask symptoms of ADHD?
Why is hyperactivity such a debilitating diagnosis for children?

Also, you were asked to address several of the questions below.

1) How methylphenidate works?

2) What side effects are typical to methylphenidate?


3) Can their children become addicted to methylphenidate?

4) Would consuming an addictive drug now increase their children’s chances of abusing drugs later in life?

Essay Instructions: For the critique: carefully read through the entire draft. After you have finished, at the bottom of the draft, answer the questions below. you could also change the color of your font so that your comments are easily distinguished from the paper itself.

Questions

1)What is your favorite aspect of this paper and why? What is your least favorite and why?
2)Looking carefully, find at least two confusing sections. This may be at the word, sentence, or paragraph level, perhaps an incorrect word or odd punctuation. The sentences might be awkward or too long. Even if the confusion clears up later, tell where the sections are, and explain why they are confusing.
3)Using the outlining revision strategy r, outline this paper (you do not have to do the paragraph-level outline, just the whole-paper version). Using this outline, what information is still missing from the paper? Which points are repeated, and is the repetition unnecessary? Does the author promise to talk about anything that is not discussed? Should any of the paper's main ideas be reorganized? Would reorganization make the paper more effective? You must offer at least two concrete suggestions.
4)Did you find this paper interesting and engaging? How could the author improve it (offer at least two concrete suggestions)?
5)Do you consider this paper to be persuasive (meaning that it makes a clear argument)? If not, what recommendations do you have for making it persuasive?
6)Feel free to make any additional comments here.