1. Drug Policy through the lens of race and class and power
2. Impact of mandatory minimum sentencing on prison population
3. Treatment of drug abuse and addiction in the penal system
4. Harm reduction – system of care – alternative programs – i.e. methadone, needle exchange
5. History of drugs and drug laws overtime identifying parallel economic, political, and institutional development
6. Impact of Mandatory Minimum sentencing on different ethnic groups and socioeconomic groups
Treatment of drug abuse and addiction in communities
8. Role of media in context of drugs in society
9. Abuse – Addiction
10. Legislation of illicit drugs and/or decriminalization
11. Illicit drugs/drug culture/ addiction or recreation
12. Shamanism and drug use
13. Unintended or Unstated Consequences of current illicit drug policy in the United States
14. Benefits of drugs in society
15. FDA approval process
16. Global perspective of drugs and society from a conflict theory perspective
17. Ritual use of drugs in spirituality
18. The Role of the government in Drug
Trafficking into the United States using a critical race perspective.
19. Topic of your choice
1)Prepare a literature review of your chosen topic. The literature should come from a minimum of five professional peer reviewed journals plus other sources such as books, government documents etc. The literature review will build the base of your research project. You will be required to write a narrative discussing your literature findings intergrading the material with a critical analysis
2)Use a theory or theories of your choice and apply it to your topic
3)Next research what is currently in the mass media pertaining to your topic. This includes television shows, movies, news, media, print, and television, the slicks i.e. Time Newsweek, Cosmopolitan, teen magazine, etc. Discuss how your topic is presented in the mass media and how does that deception align with the academic and peer reviewed material you have gathered
4)What current local programs, agencies, legislation, and or policy pertaining to your topic exist? Discuss how locally your issue is being addressed currently.
5)What national N or global programs, agencies, legislation, and or pertaining to your topic exist? Discuss how you’re a topic is being a dress and areas outside of your local area, what is going on in other states or countries to address the topic you are researching.
