11 Aug Compare the information about coverage and health conditions in those nations with the United States.

• Utilize the websites provided, if needed
  • Respond to each aspect of this prompt to earn full credit.
• Ensure your work is free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors—a minimum of 250 words for each response.
• ONLY TEXT/INPUT ACCEPTED
• only 10% plagarism
• in paragraph form
• Chapter 8: Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Use the sites listed below to answer the prompt.
  • The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) site explores the causes and consequences of drug use and addiction: https://www.drugabuse.gov.
  • A short article on drug use and non-addiction: https://theconversation.com/many-people-use-drugs-but-heres-why-most-dont-become-addicts-35504 (Links to an external site.)
  • Abstract regarding illicit drug use and the darknet: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2729470 (Links to an external site.)
    • Hint: Consider the level of sophistication necessary to navigate the darknet and reassess your ideas on the ‘typical’ drug user 😉

  i.) Briefly explore the list of intoxicants in the Chapter: Alcohol and Other Drugs.

  • Select five drugs and get detailed information on them from the National Institute on Drug Abuse site. Then consider:
    • How many people would still experiment with the drugs if everyone had this information?
    • Give arguments both for maintaining that nobody would be a user and asserting that some would still use.

  ii.) Search the Internet for “drug use,” “tobacco,” and ‘” intoxicant.”

  • Find sites that define people’s right to be users and cite accordingly.
  • List the reasons the site(s) argue.
  • And then respond to them with material from the text and academic sources.
    • Additional sources may be found within the textbook and/or in the reference section of the textbook, academic articles, government websites, etc.

  Chapter 9: CrimeUse the sites listed below to answer the prompt.

  • The Department of Justice (DOJ) supports defending the country’s laws and defending the interests of the United States: https://www.justice.gov.

  i.) Investigate how victimization rates have varied over time. Again, the Department of Justice site (DOJ) has this data.

  • Chart the data for various crimes over a period of three decades.
  • How do the patterns of crimes compare with each other?
  • What are some possible explanations for the patterns?
    • Again, cite your sources and provide significant examples.

  Chapter 10: Health and IllnessUse the following sites to answer the enclosed prompt:

  • The National Center for Health Statistics site has the most comprehensive collection of health data available: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/.
  • The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration site, with full coverage of news and data about mental health: https://www.mentalhealth.org/.
  • The National Library of Medicine site has information about health topics: https://medlineplus.gov/.
  • List of industrialized (developed), developing, and transitional countries (April 2004): http://cencomed.sld.cu/oralvaccines/countries.pdf (Links to an external site.).
    • Developed Countries, 2021: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/developed-countries (Links to an external site.)
  • The World Health Organization: https://www.who.int/health-topics/universal-health-coverage#tab=tab_1 (Links to an external site.)
    • Hint: Search ‘health coverage’ and/or ‘health conditions’
  • Use general search engines using ‘health coverage’ and ‘health conditions and the countries you are investigating.

  i.) Many nations have national health coverage. Search the Internet for programs in at least two industrialized nations.

  • Compare the information about coverage and health conditions in those nations with the United States.
  • What facts could you use to support or reject a national health program in the country?
    • Use the textbook as a guide–this will prevent you from getting overwhelmed while reviewing the work.