Deck 7: Redux: A Human Rightssocial Justice Approach to Policy Assessment and Direct Nonviolent Social Action: The World Drug Problem

Question 1

In the word "responsible" is a Latin root pons, which means ________.

Answer 1

bridge

Question 2

In the word "assessment" is the Latin root assidere, which means ________.

Answer 2

sitting next to

Question 3

In the United States, roughly ________% are in jail for a drug offense.

Answer 3

25

Question 4

In the 1990s, Switzerland, by providing supervised injection rooms, had a considerable reduction in drug-related deaths, property crime, and ________.

Question 5

The former director of UNICEF, James Grant, often spoke about the need for a __________.

Question 6

_______ are generally poor women who carry small amounts of drugs from one country to another.

Question 7

Racial disparity in sentencing is reflective in the fact that African Americans, who make up 13% of the population, account for _______% of people sent to prison for drug charges.

Question 8

According to a UN document on the world drug problem, when medical professionals are involved in treating addiction, it is often done en masse and without regard for ______________.

Question 9

Concluding observations of the U.S. Report on CERD (2014) commented positively on the ______________ to reduce disparity for more lenient sentences for powder-cocaine vs. crack-cocaine users.

Question 10

The doctrine of _______________ is a proviso that asserts that violence to deal with human rights violations for ostensibly humanitarian ends is wrong.

Question 11

The notion of _________________ suggests that in principle, certain cultures and religions have a right to use certain substances to promote healing.

Question 12

In secular terms, a "higher power" could be considered our ________________, at least as advocated by theologian Paul Tillich.

Question 13

When teenagers start using drugs, generally no harm-reduction services are provided. They are criminalized and stigmatized, which is a violation of the human rights convention called _________________.

Question 14

Public discourse, largely through the media, tends toward combatting illicit drug use via ____________________.

Question 15

Everything being about patriarchy, hierarchy, one-upmanship, winning, and losing can be referred to as the _________________ syndrome.

Question 16

Organizations not under scrutiny like nation states at the UN are the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the ______________.

Question 17

According to substance abuse scholars and practitioners Hari and Mate, major predictors of substance abuse are ____________ and ___________.

Question 18

Strengthening traditional self-help groups like Narcotics Anonymous could be considered a ________________ level of intervention.

Question 19

In ____________, the government decriminalized drug abuse, viewing it as an administrative offense and destigmatizing the drug abuser.

Question 20

The taking away of funds from other worthwhile endeavors rather than the eradication of an unjust social order can be referred to as a "__________________" mentality.

Question 21

Discuss some examples of how the war on drugs is an absurd metaphor and a strategy that is just not working.

Question 22

If we take literally the etymological roots of addiction, what are some other ways that people "surrender" their lives to other addictions? What addictions might they be?

Question 23

Why does the author prefer to use the word "assessment" rather than "analysis" and/or "steps" to look at a particular social problem?

Question 24

How can interactions with others reflect the fact that human rights is a way of life?

Question 25

What human needs are we talking about in regard to illicit drug abuse?

Question 26

Give some examples of how illegal drug abusers suffer from discrimination as mentioned in Article 2 of the Universal Declaration.

Question 27

According to the Universal Declaration and select human rights documents following it, what rights tend to be violated from the supply line to the user?

Question 28

Discuss what it means to say that trauma and isolation rather than the "morally bankrupt" individual is at the bottom of drug abuse.

Question 29

Discuss some present documents on the world drug abuse problem, along with select historical antecedents.

Question 30

Discuss select executive, legislative, judicial, and public discourse statements in regard to world drug abuse.

Question 31

Discuss supranational organizations' possible roles in illegal drug abuse.

Question 32

What might be some good political arguments for a public health approach to drug abuse?

Question 33

Discuss how a public health/advanced generalist approach from the meta-macro to the meta-micro level of intervention might effectively combat drug abuse.

Question 34

How would research be able to attack the world drug abuse problem?

Question 35

What does it mean to say that rights are interrelated when it comes to the world drug abuse problem?

Question 36

What ground rules, discussed by the author, do you feel might be helpful in combatting the world drug problem?

Question 37

What direct, nonviolent actions do you feel would be most effective in combatting illicit drug abuse as discussed in this book, or, for that matter, any other social issue that you are passionate about?