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Drug Use

Soci 262
Alex Strote
ID#5588561
Prof. Michael Rosenberg

Drug Use

It is safe to say that every modern, and almost all less developed societies have laws regarding the use of certain drugs. The drug penalties vary severely depending on what society one is raised in. In Holland, specifically Amsterdam, one is able to purchase up to five grams of marijuana in a coffee shop unpunished; the customer must be over the age of 18. In Mexico one can end up in jail for the remaining years of their life if caught with marijuana. In Jamaica marijuana is illegal (believe it or not), yet followers of the Rastafarian faith require it as part of religious ceremonies. Marijuana tea is given to young Rastafarian children to help them sleep or calm them when they are crying. A typical westerner would believe it is immoral to give your child marijuana as a sleep aid. What is considered normal behavior in one society is considered the lowest of the low when it comes to deviant behavior in......


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