Journal Reflection: Questions on Drug Usage and Abuse

Questions on Drug Usage and Abuse
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Questions on Drug Usage and Abuse
Question 1: How did the pharmacists' expert knowledge and education contribute to their misuse of the pharmaceutical drug? Is such a knowledge base or educational opportunity available to illegal drug users? Would a different educational approach for pharmacists reduce the potential for abuse?
Most of the pharmacists and experts have the knowledge regarding the pharmaceuticals. The pharmacists experience high motivation on their knowledge of pharmacology. Thus, they use their knowledge of pharmacology to develop the best methods of solving both their emotional and health problems. As a result, they justify their actions as personal application strategy to address such problems which lead to addiction. For example, a pharmacist who is an alcoholic may use cocaine to stimulate his brain and central nervous system that is always depressed by alcohol. However, these experts neglect the issue of addiction and dependence. Therefore, such actions come as a result of educational opportunity to use illegal drugs. Thus, a different educational approach for the pharmacists is necessary to reduce or curb the potential for substance abuse.
Question 2: Why do you think most drug dealers in the article were mostly men? Why they were mostly White? Is dealing in the university environment a sign of privilege? How might experience college drug dealers differ from lower-class dealers? What about risks and agents of control?
Most drug dealers are men according to the article since they are naturally prone to take risks. Men have the guts of taking risks compared to women hence the motivation for taking risks is as a result of the ego gratification and the pursuit of status. Also, most men aim to be rich quickly hence they find the drug dealing to be of much financial benefit. The issue of finance becomes the reason for covering the criminality of drug dealings. The pursuit of high status, peer pressure and recognition, as well as greed in men, makes them continue in drug dea...