Sociology 3363F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Substance Abuse, Empirical Measure, Drug Interaction
3 Feb 2017
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Pharmacology: how the biochemical substance affects the body. People have different responses to the chemical not because the chemical is different but because the person is different. Biologist: how genetics affect the mannerism of metabolism. Soft science: understanding why and when and where someone might. Anthro: cultural components and use in various societies. Political sci: political and governmental process do drugs. Economics: supply and demand of the drug trade. History: drug use throughout history and how the legal status has. Micro impact of drug use on economy changed. Exogenous -- things going on outside the individual. External forces of drug use family friends. Psychology indogenous things going on inside. Focused of behavioural patterns of a group. Lifetime use, daily use, weekly use etc. Prevalence: actual segment of the population using the drug. Human behaviour exists in a sociological and cultural context that. Who"s at risk and when we need to educate them.
