This week we’ve covered the nature of drugs and their place in human society for countless millennia. The reading by Nicholson identifies one of the key conclusions we can make concerning our efforts to control drug use over the last century.What was this conclusion?One of the key conclusion the authors make is that:Question 9Select one:The current approach could be described as a half-century of lost opportunities. We have spent the better part of 50 years trying to control normal behaviour.Public policy should be focused on criminalization of drug user populations.Drug users and drug misusers are technically the same population so we can target them effectively with a single policy approach.The global 'war on drugs' was an efficient and effective use of resources.

The three readings this week all focus on the history of drugs (or alcohol specifically) in human society. Which of the following statements best reflects a key message that we can see resulting from these three readings?Question 10Select one:a.Drug misuse is as common as drug use and the two go hand-in-hand. Although we have a long history of drug use across cultures for social and religious purposes our most recent trends suggest that we need to reduce misuse by taking an abstinence approach (not taking any drugs).b.Drug use is common throughout history as is drug misuse which is a growing concern. The only way to reduce drug misuse is to reduce overall drug use by introducing legislation that targets the cultures most likely to use drugs.c.Drugs are here to stay and that makes sense given our history. There is not really much we can do about the harms that they cause. We’ve tried to reduce harm with a ‘War on Drugs’ approach but this hasn’t worked so let’s just avoid tinkering.d.Drug use is common and has been an accepted part of social and religious life across many cultures. However, lax legislation and social rules can also make drug misuse common (regardless of culture) and this can be very destructive.

Many of the theories of substance misuse outlined in Howard et al (2013) reflect common attitudes to drug use and drug users you may hear on the street or see on TV. One of the most dominant ideas in the mid-20th century was that people who became substance misusers or dependent users were actually very different people from everyone else. Under this notion 'normal' people could use drugs and were unlikely to sink into addiction. However, there were of a sub-set of people who have a natural predisposition toward addiction no matter what the substance and the only way to ensure this sub-set of the population does not become addicted is to ensure they simply don't use drugs.What Model of substance use does this notion reflect?Question 5Select one:The Public Health ModelThe Disease ModelThe Psychological ModelThe Temperance Model

Define drug according to WHO

Q1.  Drugs are against the law. Anything to do with drugs is .    Q2.  Doing drugs is not one’s decision alone. The consequences to your decision will make others .    Q3.  Besides gangsters and crime, the money one spends on drugs also to fear and poverty and pain that you would never dream of.    Q4.  The money one spends on doing drugs will support the horrific even though one is not directly involved.

What was a shift in the focus of drug-control policy by the U.S. government in 2010?Multiple choice question.stopping the demand for illegal drugsdestroying the production of illegal drugsending the distribution of illegal drugsblocking the importation of illegal drugs