Motivations
A chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite adverse consequences.
What is addiction?
Bourdieu's concept of the attitudes and dispositions we acquire through the historical, biographic and social experiences provided to us by our social position
What is habitus?
Howard Becker's research on becoming a user of this substance was groundbreaking for it's emphasis on the social aspects of use.
What is marijuana?
The first anti-drug law in the United States was passed at the city level, in San Francisco in 1875, prohibiting the use of this substance.
What is opium?
The discourse in these public service announcement ads educated audiences about the general consequences of drug use, encouraging adults to talk to kids about drugs.
What is straight talk?
Increased energy, focus and attention, performance-enhancement, increased confidence, pleasure, social acceptance, decreased inhibition, and weight loss are all motivations for use of this type of drug.
What are stimulants?
Modes and practices of addressing substance use that some argue should be utilized in addition to traditional practices of treatment and prevention.
What is harm reduction?
This is the most commonly used substance treated for substance use disorder.
What is alcohol?
Started in the 1980s, this is a team approach to encourage and supervise defendants in recovery.
What is drug court?
Public service announcements depicting dead rats hidden in shadows are an example of this kind of discourse.
What are scare tactics?
Self-efficacy, positive relationships, extracurricular activities, and neighborhood resources are examples of this.
What are protective factors?
Homelessness is linked with increased risk of substance use disorder and this among users who inject substances.
What is HIV or hepatitis C?
The increased risk of overdose in recent years has been associated with drugs adulterated with this substance.
What is fentanyl?
Under this type of society the rules are not explicitly stated as all members in the community are aware of them and infractions are immediately and severely punished as they threaten “the existence of the collectivity as a whole.”
What is mechanical society or repressive law?
In the 1980s, many government officials, scientists and journalists warned that the country would be plagued by a generation of children affected by this substance. They were wrong.
Teens are particularly at risk to this as it can be very strong.
What is peer pressure?
The practice of exchanging needles among intravenous substance users successfully reduces the health burden of this disease.
What is HIV or Hepatitis C?
Neuropsychologist Carl Hart shares his experiences with using what substance to promote harm reduction practices?
What is heroin?
These social benefits have been banned from people with drug-related convictions, and will soon be restored.
What is receiving financial aid for higher education?
This discourse implies that the woman drug user is ‘out of control’, being weaker than men in relation to drugs (physical strength), or weaker in their personality (more prone to drug addiction and to madness).
What is woman as victim?
According to Du Rose, there were four main stories told by the women in which they explained and justified their involvement in illicit drug use including fitting in; independence; self-punishment; and this.
What is blocking out pain?
This law required registration with the Treasury Department to import, manufacture, sell, and/or dispense cocaine and opiates. It also levied a prohibitive tax and allowed physicians to prescribe and dispense the drugs for legitimate medical.
What is the 1914 Harrison Narcotics Control Act?
This is the most commonly used stimulant drug in America.
What is cocaine?
This decade was marked by xenophobic fear of seduction by men of color with two emphasized aspects: the symbolic position of women in relation to the nation’s purity and morality, and the social imaginary of sexual vulnerability and promiscuity ‘triggered’ by the use of drugs.
What are the 1920s?
This is a type of media that covers a complex set of relationships to various drugs where they are glorified, rejected, normalized, or accommodated. Drugs facilitate experiences: they enhance life or offer a way to understand an emotional experience. They also capture a great deal of pain and its associated drug use.
What is popular music?