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Essay Instructions: The Midterm Examination will consist of five essay questions based on course content. It is suggested you write or print out the essay questions for handy reference as you develop your responses.

Be sure to submit your essay exam in one WORD document. There is no set word limit for this exam, but keep in mind that you will be graded on how detailed and complete your responses are.

Many drugs have been used for medical purposes at one time or another. Pick two drugs that have been used in this capacity and explain the medical rationale behind their use. Conclude with a description of why each drug was later banned from medical usage.

What are the two basic ways of looking at drugs? Be sure to note both consistency and differences between medical families of drugs and legal schedules.

Regarding drug legislation, contrast the harm-reduction approach and the zero tolerance approach toward drug abuse. Provide one example of each approach.

Describe both the principle and acute effects of heroin on the mind and body.

Drug abuse is typically associated with depressed inner city areas, but methamphetamine is very much a problem in rural areas. Discuss theoretical and practical explanations for the reason methamphetamine is more available in rural settings.

Essay Instructions: Write an essay style response for each of the five questions. Each response should be no less than 250 words in length and each should be identified by the question/response number (i.e. Question 1 Answer 1).

Each response should cite the uploaded text at least once. All other sources must be from scholarly journal articles published in a national renowned/recognized Journals (Collegiate dissertations, theses, or journals published by an academic source are not acceptable). If you require a particular Journal Article, please let me know as I most likely can obtain it for you.

The textbook resource I have uploaded for you is referenced as follows:
Adler, P., & Adler, P. (2012). Constructions of deviance: Social power, context, and interaction. (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

Q1: Explain Degher and Hughes "Identity Change Process" (p. 260-265 of uploaded text). Use a concrete example to illustrate how this change in identity takes place (note: do not use the example of a "fat" identity). Discuss whether or not you accept Degher and Hughes model of how this happens, if so why; do you think this happens in another way? Explain.

Q2: Refering to pages 282-288 of the uploaded text, describe and explain conforming behavior, primary deviance, and secondary deviance. Give a real-life example of each type of deviance (note: do not use the example of eating disorders). Select and discuss an example from your own observation.

Q3: Drawing on pages 409-418 of the uploaded text, explain the hierarchy within the methamphetamine producing groups; why do you think these subcultural groups have such highly organized and vertically arranged hierarchies? What do you think makes these groups different from other less-organized deviant groups? What role, if any, does gender play in these groups?

Q4: Drawing on Module pages 459-461 of the uploaded text, define the three kinds of deviant acts (individual, cooperation, conflict). Provide examples of each of the three types of deviant acts. For each type, provide the goal and structure of the act. Are there some acts that fall into more than one of these categories? Explain.

Q5: Drawing on pages 521-524 of the uploaded text, define and explain the concept of a "deviant career." Provide a real-life or hypothetical example of a deviant career, and follow this example through each of the five stages. Does your example represent a deviant career that is easy or difficult to get into? Is it easy or difficult to exit? Explain.

Essay Instructions: essay that answers the following question in no more than five word-processed (double-spaced) pages. The question has several parts, but you should answer it in a continuous narrative, as if it were a single question. Start a new paragraph when beginning your answer to a new part of the question, but otherwise the answer should flow as one continuous document.

Officer Hardbutt is not finished with Harry Hiphop. Hardbutt is convinced that Harry is a major drug dealer in and around the Town of Woodchuck. While driving through town one afternoon, he saw Harry, who dropped out of school two years ago, talking to three teenage girls near Woodchuck Central High School. The girls had green, blue, and purple hair, respectively, and wore rings in their bellybuttons. “They look like burnouts and stoners to me,” Hardbutt thought to himself. “I’d better bring that punk Harry in for questioning.” Hardbutt parked his car, got out, and walked over to Harry. Saying, “you’re coming with me, punk,” he grabbed Harry roughly by the arm, walked him briskly to the squad car, and pushed him into the back seat, where he patted Harry down and discovered a small breath-mints container with several partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in it. He then drove Harry to the State Police Barracks, where he interrogated him for six hours without letting him eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom. Harry asked to speak with a lawyer, but Hardbutt ignored the request and continued to interrogate him. Finally, Harry, who was scared, exhausted, and thoroughly intimidated, admitted that he kept “a small stash” of cocaine and methamphetamine hidden in the hayloft of his parents’ barn. Hardbutt drove Harry to the barn, and Harry showed him where the drugs were. Hardbutt promptly confiscated the drugs and arrested Harry for possession with intent to sell. While leaving the property, Hardbutt noticed a freshly killed deer hanging on a hook attached to the barn. Hardbutt asked Harry if he had killed the deer, which had been shot out of season. Harry admitted killing the deer, so Hardbutt also charged him with hunting illegally.

You are Harry’s attorney. You have filed a motion to prevent the marijuana cigarettes, Harry’s confession, the cocaine and methamphetamine, and the deer carcass from being introduced as evidence at Harry’s trial. Assess your prospects for success by answering the following questions:

1. What is the likelihood, at the preliminary hearing, that the magistrate will admit the marijuana cigarettes into evidence? Explain your reasoning. Be sure to counter the State’s likely argument.

2. What is the likelihood that the magistrate will admit Harry’s confession into evidence? Explain your reasoning. Be sure to counter the State’s likely argument.

3. What is the likelihood that the magistrate will admit the cocaine and methamphetamine into evidence? Explain your reasoning. Be sure to counter the State’s likely argument.

4. What is the likelihood that the magistrate will admit the deer carcass into evidence? Explain your reasoning. Be sure to counter the State’s likely argument.

5. Are your prospects for success better or worse today than they would have been in 1960? Explain your reasoning.