SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moral Panic, Plur, Risk Society
20 Aug 2016
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Law would service to socially construct a criminal pathology. Greater severity of punishment naturally led to increased business risks, risks that were passed on to the consumer in the form of high prices. The addict became an individual who had to steal to support a craving. The legal creation of fast scarcity was socially responsible for the self-ful lling assertion: the addict as a lowly predator. Lack of political advocacy by the medical and scienti c community on the behalf of the drug users. Vocal, racist and politically powerful moral reform movement. An effort by the medical profession to gain control of prescribing powers (speci cally in the. 1912: discovery of mda (ecstasy) in germany. 1970 : use of mda by us psychiatrists. Rave scene develops from acid house" parties. Two marginalized groups came together: gays and youth. 1990: rave clubbing emerges (permanent structures dedicated to dance music) 1995: races become an issue for large canadian cities.
