Public Order and Public Order Offenses Flashcards
Drug Offense
Any violation of the laws prohibiting or regulating the possession, use, distribution, sale, or manufacturing of illegal drugs.
Public Order Offense
an act that is willfully committed and disrupts the public peach tranquility
Office of National Control Policy
A national office charged by Congress with establishing policies, priorities, and objectives for the nations rug control program.
Drug
A chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being
Psychoactive Drugs
Affect the central nervous system and stimulate or dull the senses, promote a feeling of euphoria, or alter perceptions
Opiates
Drugs derived from the opium plant
Opiods
Completely synthetic drugs that are not derived from opium
Hallucinogens
Their chief feature is to altered perceptions
Stimulants
Excite the central nervous system
Depressants
Inhibits the central nervous system
Schedule 1 Drugs
No currently accepted medical use, high potential for abuse and doctors cannot perscribe
Schedule 2 Drugs
Sometimes accepted for medical use, high potential for abuse and doctors can prescribe but very stringent
Schedule 3 Drugs
Currently accepted for medical use, lower potential for abuse and doctors routinely perscribe
Schedule 4 Drugs
Currently accepted for medical use, lower potential for abuse and doctors routines prescribe
Schedule 5 Drugs
Currently accepted for medical use, low potential for abuse and can be purchased over the counter
Drug Trafficking
The manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing, and exporting of a controlled counterfeit substance.
Pharmaceutical Diversion
the process by which legitimately manufactured controlled substances are diverted for illicit use
Drug-Defined Crimes
violations of laws prohibiting the possession, distribution, or manufacture of illegal drugs
Drug Related Crimes
offenses that do not involve a violation of drug law per se, but rather a violation of a law of some other tye
Psycho-pharmacological Framework
Properties of the drug lead a person on drugs to commit crimes
Economic Compulsive Framework
The want and need for the dug relates to committed crimes
System Framwork
Crime occurs in connection to drug use because drugs are illegal and sold on the black market
Source control
Activities aimed at limiting the cultivator and production of illicit drugs in foreign countries.
Interdiction
The attempt of the US to prevent drugs from being smuggles across our borders by denying drug smugglers the use of air, and maritime routes
Street-level Enforcement-
Drug Law enforcement operations currently used by the police departments to apprehend drug offendors
Prostitution
The offering of ones self for hire fit the purpose of engaging in sexual relations or act or practice of engaging in sexual activity for many or its equivalent
Street Walkers
Seen as the lower class of prostitute because they solicit customers in public
Bar/Hotel prostitutes
Work in bars, clubs, and hotels
Call girls
Work for escort services
House/Brother Prostitutes
Practice their trade in legal environment but are limited to only a few venues in the US
What is suggested as alternative drug control policies
Decriminalization and Legalization
Decriminalization
The redefinition of certain previously criminal behaviors into regulated activities that become “ticket-able” rather than “arrest-able”
Legalization
Elimination of the laws and criminal penalties associated with certain behaviors- usually the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance.
