To advocate messages that teenagers can directly relate to and perceive as a more realistic outcome, the campaign’s focus changed from risks of marijuana abuse to the fact that marijuana usage impacts on achieving aspirations. This message proved to be more successful which shows that the TPB has good ecological validity as it can be applied to real life situations. However campaigns like this view all teenagers as the same so the campaign doesn’t take individual differences into account. Also, factors other than intention can determine behaviour however this model doesn’t take this into account. For example, in real life situations, irrational determinants of human behaviour like strong desires and compelling emotions can lead people to act irrationally and carry out an unintentional behaviour e.g.
The behaviourist approach has lead to successful treatments such as CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) developing which have been successful when it comes to treating mental disorders such as phobias. The theories are deterministic as it suggests that we just copy behaviour whereas we really have a choice in whether we do or not and not everyone will copy behaviour just because they have seen someone else do
The misconception is that caffeine directly leads to increase in stress levels because cortisol is involved. However, factors which cause individual differences in cortisol are the ones which will influence the likelihood of developing delusional and hallucinatory experiences. The article also does not note the important fact that daily usage of caffeine reduces this effect. The claim by the press that drinking cup after cup of coffee reduces risk of hallucination is therefore misguided and misappropriated. The press also claims that women and men who are healthy and drink more than seven cups of coffee everyday are more prone to hallucinations than those who are limited to one cup a day.
Customs officers are expected to do their job and put a stop to the drug trafficking but the temptation of making some extra money may be extremely strong. Money is the root of all evil and a lot of people are very selfish. For an example, they know the effects drugs have on a society as a whole but if the price is high enough, they may turn their head and allow the drugs to be brought in. Not only is this wrong, it is damaging to everyone. “It is believed that the loss of the drug trafficking industry in Mexico would cause that country’s economy to shrink by over 63 percent” (DrugAbuse.net, (2012), para.
While trying to cut off the drug supply at its source seems like a good idea it does not, however, stop the demand (376-377). Every time a shipment is confiscated another one is right behind it ready to be sold to eager users who are already addicted. It doesn’t matter how many large scale seizure of shipments happens because people will continue to find new and inventive ways to smuggle them into the country. I remember seeing a news report of how over 2 million dollars
Bennett’s chapter against the legalization of drugs he speculates that the legalization of drugs would remove the criminal stigma that currently labels drug users. Bennett theorizes that a removal of this stigma would take with it the hesitation felt by the majority of people who see no positives in a life of crime. He is talking about every drug which one would agree that such a broad decriminalization would send our country into a downward spiral filled with addicted citizens barely able to function within society. The hard drugs that Bennett describes are in fact a danger to society such drugs like PCP, heroin or crack cocaine. However, he barely touches on the fact of marijuana alone.
People today are having a harder time arguing right and wrong because a growing number of people reject absolute right and wrong. Utilitarianism tells us that given a set of choices, the act we should choose is that which produces the best results for the greatest number affected by that choice. (Mosser 2010) When we look at the use of marijuana there is a smaller number of benefits verses the larger number it will adversely affect. Therefore by the ethnic principle of utilitarianism we should not allow marijuana to be legalized. Marijuana should continue to be a controlled substance.
The public is able to buy them at their free will resulting in drugs corrupting schools and America’s youth. The age regulation of drugs would have a positive effect on the drug use of America’s youth, it would be much harder for them to get. Today, it’s a lot more common to witness a drug deal happen in school rather than someone selling alcohol or cigarettes. It is extremely dangerous to drug users because there is no regulation, making a lot of buyers unaware of the potency of the drug or if some other drug is it. This is the main reason for overdose in America, the majority of the people that use drugs are not always sure on what really is in it.
In many cases drug users are often younger adults or teenagers (Drug War Facts, 2013). They enjoy smoking it because of the risk factor. If marijuana is legalized for recreational use then some drug users would more on to more intense drugs (Matthew Elrod, 2000). Though, not all drug users are young, some adults who consumed drugs when they were younger and were unable to break their addiction as they got older and continue to ingest drugs. While some do not believe the theory that drugs are used for the risk, it is an interesting way to look at the reason people do drugs.
The legalization of marijuana would be unbeneficial to society because teenagers have a higher risk for dropping out, Marijuana is harmful to the brain and there are dangers related to addiction. Marijuana use by adults in 2013 is actually decreasing. However marijuana use from teenagers has increased in 2013. Marijuana can be used several different ways. Marijuana can be consumed in many ways.