SOCIO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Reefer Madness, Symbolic Interactionism, Role Theory
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Charles winick (1974) proposed a theory that combined elements of both strain. Drug dependence is a function of three factors: Various means by which drugs become available to users. Greater access to drugs = more opportunities for getting high = increased likelihood of abuse or dependence. Disengagement from normative prescriptions against drug use. Process by which users counteract conventional morality that places taboos on drug use. Perceived difficulty in meeting the obligations of a social position/termination of a significant and important position in the individual"s life. Represent a fundamental paradigm shift in explaining drug use and other deviant behavior. Why does this group engage in drug behavior? turns into . Though there may be some concrete social phenomena that may be observed and measured objectively, the meanings we assign to those phenomena are mediated by our social and cultural experiences. Labeling theory has its intellectual roots in si. Asks three basic questions in its attempt to understand drug use:
