Sociology examines how our behavior individually and in groups is influenced by social processes and what that means. In fact once you start seeing things with a sociological perspective – things will never be the same. It’s knowing how and why we do what we do that engages us with the world around us and makes us more effective agents for social change. However, sociologist C. Wright Mills describes sociology as “the intersection of biography and history?” A lot of you may wonder what he mean: well from my studying and perspectives; The reason why he say sociology is the interception of biography and history is because, Biography: happens to individuals and History: happens to society. For example, every
Cont. Issue and The Law Master Thornton 1/30/13 “Marijuana Controversy” Controversy over legalizing Marijuana is sweeping the nation. Colorado and Washington are already two states that have legalized weed so far. Marijuana is a lot less dangerous than drugs already legal in the states, a stress reliever and a possible savior for our debt problem. There are a lot more pro’s than con’s when thinking whether legalization of Marijuana should be allowed.
Cannabis was legal in Canada until 1923, today in Canada it is illegal to sell cannabis and its function is limited. Out of all the issues we can be involved in a positive way if the legalization of marijuana was to occur. This is an issue that a majority of the Canadian citizen believes that marijuana should not be illegal and also gives a neat opportunity to act together to attain some political expert. Here are some reasons why cannabis should be legalized: lowers the crime rates, more productivity in the economy, stops the stigmatization towards Blacks and Hispanics and reduces the number of drug dealers in the disastrous market. Since there are a bunch of prisoners charged with possession of cannabis.
Assess the relationship between sociology and social policy (33 marks) Social policy is generally thought of as tackling ‘social problems’, especially the welfare of the population. In order to understand this relationship, sociologists distinguish between social problems and sociological problems. According to Worsley, a social problem is some piece of social behaviour that causes public friction and/or private misery and calls for collective action to solve it. For example, poverty, educational under-achievement, juvenile delinquency and divorce may all be seen as social problems by members of society, and governments may be called upon to produce policies to tackle them. Worsley also said that a sociological problem id and pattern of relationships that calls for explanation.
Society in our world is used to seeing people take legal drugs (like cigarettes or alcohol) because they are allowed to be taken in public places. Illegal drugs, on the other hand, make you an outsider of society (except to drug junkies, who will see you as their best friend).The people in the New World get soma for free because it is, as already mentioned, all ordered and offered by the government. In comparison to that you have to pay for drugs in our world, and most of them have expensive prices that are only affordable to people with enough money. Legal drugs, however, aren’t as expensive as the illegal ones. This has the consequence that many people have to commit crimes and go into prostitution to buy the drugs they depend on.
My answer is no I think it would just cause more problems than it would solve. I believe marijuana is a good use for medicinal purposes but if it was legalized very few people would be using it medicinally. I believe the majority of people that used marijuana would be using it to achieve a high and in the repeated process would become addicted. I also believe that if marijuana was legal it would become a lot easier for teenagers and young adults to get their hands on marijuana even if your suppose to be 18 to get it there will be the sellers that don’t care about the age group their selling to. There are some teens that will stop at nothing to get their hands on any drugs but if marijuana was legalized it would be just that much easier.
In fact drugs are being encouraged for anyone in need of it. However in today's society drugs seem to result in chaos rather than stability. It is illegal to take drugs with the exception of prescription drugs. Sadly in our society, drugs are also quickly available for those that want it. Unlike soma, the drugs produce numerous negative aftereffects.
Long-term studies of students who use drugs show that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana. While not all people who use marijuana go on to use other drugs, using marijuana sometimes lowers inhibitions about drug use and exposes users to a culture that encourages use of other drugs. * The risk of using cocaine has been estimated to be more than 104 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it.12 In Summary: * Marijuana is a dangerous, addictive drug that poses significant health threats to users. * Marijuana has no medical value that can't be met more effectively by legal
Legalizing weed Kelly Setters December 17, 2012 SOC 120 Erin Schouten Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Legalizing Weed I believe that the legalization of marijuana in America would not harm society. There are many myths about marijuana. For instance the myth of marijuana causing a person to become irrational and aggressive has been proven by scientific researches and university studies that marijuana does not cause these actions. One myth about marijuana is that, Marijuana causes crime. Under the influence of marijuana, people become irrational, aggressive, and violent.
A lot of Americans believe that Legalization of Drugs is the solution of the Drug Problem. But most Americans believe drug legalization as an invitation to drug-infested society. I believe they would be less in number than those actually "pushed" into drugs in our schools and streets by the drug-dealers, whose only lucrative business is to push people into drugs and to exploit them. These drug-dealers are totally opposed to the legalization of drugs, and it is a good sign for making them legal. Even with drugs legalized most Americans would not inject cocaine or heroine in their veins even if given the chance to do so legally.