ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Erving Goffman, Anthony Giddens, Arthur Kleinman
Document Summary
If addictions were just physical, it would be much easier to manage. An attempt at providing a theory of addiction and its root causes is an ambitious undertaking. Canada was a world leader in the criminalization of certain drugs and drug users. Criminalization of drug use in the united states. Culture not scienc determines global distribution of harm reduction. 2003 - insite opens and is the first in north america (it still is) Sif"s are not a new thing to the world. 1986 - first facility where illicit drugs could be consumed under supervision was established in switzerland. Fifty-seven cities have supervised consumption facilities today with at least 89 such programmes in the world (emcdda 2015) Duelling addiction narratives cultural tension on the world front. War on drugs approach, american approach are the most dominant. Loosely tied to the un but are not a branch or a part of the un at all.
