SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Sodium Bicarbonate, Gulf War, Methadone

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

> all explanations seek to reveal the causes of drug abuse. Have a structure/form: factor a (the explanatory or independent variable) causes outcome b (drug use, the dependent variable). Interested in how social constructions influence the law and condemnation of certain activates. Drugs are most often used in a culturally appropriate and approved manner. Has an objective side: the harm drugs do to humans. When examining drug use subjective and objective sides need to be kept separated from one s mind. 1960s: lds s > make people go crazy. 1980 s: a rebirth an explosion of public concern over illegal drugs > drug scare , moral panic . Legal drugs kill 30 times as many americans as illegal drugs. Some definitions are themselves forms of deviance while the use of others may cause or be associated with deviance. Dictionary: drug is a medicine or any other substance used in the treatments of diseases.