Answer each question separately
1.Illicit drug use is a long-standing social issue that has been dealt with through a variety of public policies. Long understood as so-called “victimless crimes,” many societies take a “harm reduction” approach to this social and health dilemma. Other societies, such as the United States, adopt a punitive model in policies surrounding the specific social policy problem of drug use. Our job in the following discussion is to critically evaluate the nature and effectiveness of such policy interventions.
Before participating in this discussion, make sure you have read:
Nicholas, P., & Churchill, A. (2012). The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the states, and the origins of modern drug enforcement in the United States, 1950-1962. Contemporary Drug Problems 39(4): 595-640.
Werb, D., Greg Rowell, Gordon Guyatt, Thomas Kerr, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood (2010). Effect of Drug Law Enforcement on Drug-Related Violence: Evidence from a Scientific Review. International Centre for Science in Drug Policy.
Then answer the following:
As Nicholas et al. (2012) point out, part of the history of the enforcement of narcotics laws involves the federal government taking away the power of the states to regulate the behavior of citizens. Are the cases of Washington, Colorado, and Oregon—three states that have passed laws legalizing recreational and medical marijuana—a demonstration of states pushing back against the federal government? Use concepts from the reading to explain your answer.
The Werb et al. (2010) article argues that drug enforcement does not curtail violence associated with the illicit drug trade. Please give one international example of this. Next, can we think of any examples where enforcement has actually increased violence with respect to the illegal drug trade? Explain in detail.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings with proper APA style formatting.
2. One of the biggest issues in American and global society today concerns elder care. As we will discuss, there are a variety of social policy concerns that go into the way that the elderly are housed, provided healthcare, and are given adequate social and emotional comfort. For example, as the median life expectancy in the United States approaches the low 80s for both males and females, these issues become all the more important in solving the social policy problem of caring for an increasingly aging society. Our second conversation in this module will focus specifically upon the way that social science can inform the policy discussion of elder care.
Before participating in this discussion, make sure you have read the following:
Miller, S. W. (2011). Medications and Elders: Quality of Care or Quality of Life? Generations 35(4): 19-24.
Rathbone-McCuan, E. (2014). An Improved Approach to Treating Elder Self-Neglect: The Self-Care Framework. Generations 38(3): 80-85.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 2014. “Long-Term Care: What Are the Issues?” Policy Paper, February.
And view the following video:
PBS Frontline: Life and Death in Assisted Living (Video, 53:40mins)
Then answer the following:
Based upon the readings, please summarize the most important issues that we are currently confronting and will confront when it comes to elder care in the United States. Next, as our readings also point to possible places to improve elder care, evaluate whether or not some of these solutions to the elder care problem are, or can be, effective. Explain why or why not.
As the frontline video points out, elder care in assisted living facilities can have significant shortcomings, some of which can be injurious or fatal to these particularly vulnerable citizens. What are the most significant reasons for why assisted living facilities may take on a clientele for whom they are incapable of providing care? Explain in detail with reference to the video.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words and must substantively integrate the assigned readings with proper APA style formatting.
Sources:
Features of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
Brill, S. (2015, January 19). What I Learned from my $190,000 surgery. Time 185(1): 34-43.
Gawande, A. (2009, January 26). Getting there from here: How should Obama reform health care? New Yorker.
Koh, H.K., Brach, C., Harris, L.M., & Parchman, M.L. (2013). A proposed ‘Health Literate Care Model’ would constitute a systems approach to improving patients’ engagement in care. Health Affairs 32(2): 357-367.
Miller, S. W. (2011). Medications and elders: Quality of care or quality of life? Generations 35(4): 19-24.
Mills, A. (2014). Health care systems in low- and middle income countries. New England Journal of Medicine 370(6): 552-557.
Nicholas, P., & Churchill, A. (2012). The Federal Bureau of Narcotics, the states, and the origins of modern drug enforcement in the United States, 1950-1962. Contemporary Drug Problems 39(4): 595-640.
Nordal, K. C. (2012). Healthcare reform: Implications for independent practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 43(6): 535-544.
Rathbone-McCuan, E. (2014). An Improved Approach to Treating Elder Self-Neglect: The Self-Care Framework. Generations 38(3): 80-85.
Rice, T., Unruh, L. Y., Rosenau, P., Barnes, A. J., Saltman, R. B., & van Ginneken, E. (2014). Challenges facing the United States of America in implementing universal coverage. Bulletin of The World Health Organization 92(12): 894-902.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2014, February). Long-Term Care: What Are the Issues? Policy Paper.
Werb, D., Greg Rowell, Gordon Guyatt, Thomas Kerr, Julio Montaner, Evan Wood (2010). Effect of Drug Law Enforcement on Drug-Related Violence: Evidence from a Scientific Review. International Centre for Science in Drug Policy
PBS Frontline: Sick Around the World (Video, 56:19mins) (2008).
See also the website’s related information and interviews.
Money-Driven Medicine (Video, 81:52mins) (2009).
See also the website’s related information and links.
PBS Frontline: Life and Death in Assisted Living (Video, 53:40mins) (2013).
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