Posts Tagged ‘drug users’
Discussion on Drug Abuse in South Central Massachusetts Scheduled for … – MassLive.com
Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for … – MassLive.com
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Discussion on drug abuse in South Central Massachusetts scheduled for …
MassLive.com Since the death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in early February, the national spotlight on heroin and opioid drug abuse has grown hotter. Locally, state and local officials are talking openly about addiction in communities where residents and law … |
Bloomingdale benefit basketball game on April 9 – NorthJersey.com
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Bloomingdale benefit basketball game on April 9
NorthJersey.com According to Hopper, last year's program focused on bullying, and this year's theme will be drug and alcohol abuse. The event will kick off with a basketball game. Although last year the games pitted teachers, police, firefighters, and governing body … |
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – The Atlantic
Bloomingdale Benefit Basketball Game on April 9 – NorthJersey.com
Bloomingdale benefit basketball game on April 9 – NorthJersey.com
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Bloomingdale benefit basketball game on April 9
NorthJersey.com According to Hopper, last year's program focused on bullying, and this year's theme will be drug and alcohol abuse. The event will kick off with a basketball game. Although last year the games pitted teachers, police, firefighters, and governing body … |
Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable; public remains concerned … – The Denver Channel
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Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable; public remains concerned …
The Denver Channel The poll suggested that despite shifting attitudes on legalization, the public remains concerned about drug abuse, with 32 percent of those surveyed calling it a crisis and 55 percent of respondents viewing it as a serious national problem. And a … America's New Drug Policy Landscape Majority of Americans want to treat, not jail, drug users: survey |
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – the Atlantic
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – The Atlantic
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Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
The Atlantic In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a "crisis" or a "serious problem" in the U.S. That number hasn't changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are … Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable; public remains concerned … America's New Drug Policy Landscape Majority of Americans want to treat, not jail, drug users: survey |
Continuing the effort against drug abuse in Ohio – Sidney Daily News (subscription)
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – the Atlantic
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – The Atlantic
The Atlantic |
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
The Atlantic In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a "crisis" or a "serious problem" in the U.S. That number hasn't changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are … Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable; public remains concerned … America's New Drug Policy Landscape Majority of Americans want to treat, not jail, drug users: survey |
Continuing the effort against drug abuse in Ohio – Sidney Daily News (subscription)
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – the Atlantic
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime – The Atlantic
The Atlantic |
Treating Drug Abuse as a Disease, Not a Crime
The Atlantic In a survey released today by the Pew Research Center, 87 percent of people characterized drug abuse is either a "crisis" or a "serious problem" in the U.S. That number hasn't changed much in nearly twenty years. What has changed is how Americans are … Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable; public remains concerned … America's New Drug Policy Landscape Majority of Americans want to treat, not jail, drug users: survey |
Steel Magnolia Singer’s Battle with Drug Abuse – People Magazine
How Is Drug Abuse Socially Constructed?
Question by Eliot S: How is drug abuse socially constructed?
Best answer:
Answer by Mikkfinn
Because people tend to gather in peer groups where their drug use is acceptable. Surrounding yourself with enablers and other drug users tends to make your own bahavior seem normal.
Answer by senlin
It is a social construct because the determination of what is considered “abuse” is totally societally determined. There are some places where any use of an illicit drug is considered “abuse.” There are other places where use of certain drugs is of little consequence, is condoned, or is legal. Drugs used for religious purposes among some cultures would be considered drug abuse among others. There are no clear markers for what constitutes abuse, so it is socially determined.