Legal Studies
Write a brief essay on the following essay question. Your answers should briefly summarize/explain relevant concepts, theories, and/or issues, discuss relevant research, and offer critical analysis. Each essay question is worth 10% and limited to one page (no more than 300 words) for each answer. You are required to use 2-3 paragraphs per page. Please follow all instructions and do not write over the limit. 1. Write a brief essay discussing the use of the criminal law to regulate the use and sale of illicit drugs with respect to the following: a. The role of moral entrepreneurs in the criminalization of illicit drug usage. b. How can the conflict model of social order be used to explain Canada’s early attempts to prohibit illicit drug usage? c. Discuss and critically analyze the debate between the prohibitionist and liberalization arguments with respect to the problem of illicit drugs in Canada.