Exam 15: Consensual Crime

Drug use was very common in the United States in the late _____ century.Dozens of over-the-counter products containing opium,and its derivatives (such as morphine)were used across the country by people with headaches,toothaches,menstrual cramps,sleeplessness,depression,and other problems.

Consensual crime laws generally do not work and may do more ________than good.

Do you support drug legalization? If so,which drugs? Why?

We spend more than $1 trillion every year on:

Which of the following best describes sex trafficking?

Prostitution is often called the world's oldest profession.Which of the following is true regarding prostitution?

Which is NOT true of drug laws?

Pick two structural or social process factors that explain illegal drug use.

The federal,state,and local governments spend less than $7 million yearly on criminal justice expenses (law enforcement,courts,corrections)related to illegal drugs.

Write an argument paper for or against legalization of prostitution.

Almost all individuals who are trafficked for sex are women or girls.

Which of the following states has recently legalized the possession and use of marijuana?

To the extent that illegal drugs are connected to crime,:

The prison population has decreased slightly since the start of the "War on Drugs".

Homicide is a type consensual crime.

Explain harm reduction.

The United States is a nation of drug users,even if many of the drugs we use,such as _____,are legal.

_____ is sometimes known as "the world's oldest profession".

National self-report surveys of drug use:

In the 1980s and 1990s,prosecutors charged dozens of drug-using pregnant women with child abuse or drug trafficking,and the term _____ became a household word.