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Klappentext The Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create(TM) includes current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. This Collection contains a multitude of current and classic issues to enhance and customize your course. You can browse the entire Taking Sides Collection on Create, or you can search by topic, author, or keywords. Each Taking Sides issues is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an "Exploring the Issue" section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources and Internet References. Go to Taking Sides Collection on McGraw-Hill Create(TM) at and click on the "Explore the Collection" to browse the entire Collection. Select individual Taking Sides issues to enhance your course, or access and select the entire Miller: Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Drugs and Society, 11/e book here for an easy, pre-built teaching resource. Visit for more information on other McGraw-Hill titles and special collections. Zusammenfassung Contains a multitude of issues to enhance and customize your course. Inhaltsverzeichnis UNIT: Drugs and Public PolicyIssue 1. Should Laws Against Drug Use Remain Restrictive?Yes: Drug Enforcement Administration, from "Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization", (2010).No: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, from "Youth Prevention-Related Measures", Results from the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Volume 1 (2010).The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is charged with enforcing the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States. In "Speaking Out Against Drug Legalization" the DEA argues that enforcement of drug laws is not the cause of violence; drug legalization will not reduce crime and increase government revenue; and prohibition actions can be successful at decreasing drug use. The report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services points out that a number of factors affect drug use by young people. One of the most important factors is perception of risk. If young people perceive that drugs are harmful, they are less likely to engage in drug use. Other relevant factors include the perception of drug use by peers, religious beliefs, and parental involvement. Legal sanctions are not noted as a deterrent to drug use.Issue 2. Should the United States Put More Emphasis on Stopping the Importation of Drugs?Yes: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, from "2009 INCSR: Policy and Program Developments", (2009).No: Ethan Nadelmann, from "The Global War on Drugs Can Be Won", Foreign Policy (2007).The U.S. State Department maintains that more effort is needed to interdict drugs coming into the United States because the trafficking of drugs represents a direct threat to national security. Better cooperation with countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia, where drugs are grown and exported, is essential. Ethan Nadelmann, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, contends that attempts to stem the flow of drugs are futile and that it is unrealistic to believe that the world can be made free of drugs. Nadelmann points out that global production is about the same as it was ten years earlier and that cocaine and heroin are purer and cheaper because producers have become more efficient.Issue 3. Should the United States Drinking Age Remain at 21?Yes: Carla T. Main, from "Underage Drinking and the Drinking Age", Policy Review (2009).No: Judith G. McMullen, from "Underage Drinking: Does Current Policy Make Sense?", Lewis and Clark Law Review (2006).Carla Main contends that the drinking age should remain at 21. Underage drinking has been linked to sexual assaults, violent behavior, unprotected consensual sex, and numerous automobile accidents. Although one can serve in the military before ...
