Response to Alcohol and Cigarettes as a Deviant Course
Response to Student One
Student one responds by showing how legal drugs become deviance, which is by getting high and overdosing of the drug. Student one goes ahead and gives an example of how alcohol drinking and smoking become deviant but under certain situations. Student one shows great analyzing quality by stating that, getting intoxicated is a personal decision, but a person should not do it public since you are now affecting the rest of the society, and it is not socially accepted, and it is also illegal to get drunk and associate with the public. Student one also states smoking is not deviant, but when a person smokes in a public place, then it is considered deviant since you trap other people into passive smoking, which is not accepted socially. Student one concludes by stating a statement that smoking and drinking should be considered in a course on deviance because the acts can either be deviant or not deviant depending on certain situations and scenarios, which is true.
Response to Student 2
Student two replicates a high level of brightness by how begins the response, which states that legal drugs become deviant depending on how someone uses the drugs. After the first statement, you expect examples of how people choose to use illegal drugs in a deviant manner, but the student goes ahead and states that drinking of young adults below the age of 21 is illegal and deviant, which is somehow true. Student two then goes ahead and starts giving examples of acts associated with taking legal drugs and using them in a deviant manner. Student two gives the first example of drinking to take advantage of someone, which could turn out to sexual assault or other inhuman acts. Student two goes ahead and states and gives another example of smoking, which is not deviant when done in special smoking zones or a confined place alone but turns out deviant when done in public due to exposing other people into second-hand smoking. Student two concludes by stating that some people lace up cigarettes with other harmful drugs, and sells them to clients which the student considers deviant since the buyers have no information that the cigarettes come laced up with other drugs which sounds appealing.
My Response
Legal drugs are considered deviant depending on the intention of the use, or how the use of the drug affects the surrounding environment. Drinking and smoking are two legalized drugs but can be deviant depending on the user. Drinking alcohol to violate other people’s rights by either sexual harassment or other violent acts becomes deviant. Smoking is a legalized act and is not deviant when performed private smoking rooms. Smoking turns to be deviant, when done in public places or open buildings full of people due to exposing other people to second-hand smoking and maybe they have health issues, hence endangering other people’s lives. Smoking and taking of alcohol by underage people turn out to be deviant and illegal because most teenagers engaging in alcohol and smoking have a high chance of using illegal drugs like marijuana and cocaine. Drinking alcohol and staying at home is fine and safe, but being drunk in public places is considered deviant. Drinking and smoking is a deviant course since it is legalized, but when taken with a certain intention, or at certain places, then it turns out to be deviant.