HLTH 237 Lecture 6: Manging Stigma, Week 6.docx
29 Apr 2013
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What someone appears them to be and what they. 3 types of stigma actually are: abominations of the body, blemishes of character, stigma of race, nationality, religion, passed down from generations. People with stigma get discriminated, treated as inferior. Controlled intoxicant use: focus on how people maintain control when using drugs, why people choose to control themselves. Studied counter culture and experimentation with lsd and hallucinogens. Studied vietnam: enlisted men having cheap access to heroin, using after war. Zinbergs hypothesis 1 vietnam: troops interest in heroine was due to the specific social setting in which they were in. Previous studies ignored moderate or occasional use. Triad of drug action hypothesis 2: in order to understand why someone uses and how someone is affected, you must consider: Where and how the drug is affecting the body. Attitude of the person at the time of use. Social setting in which the drug is consumed.
