SOCIO-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Opiate, Barbiturate
Document Summary
The 1960"s disrupted assumptions of the harmony and fundamental fairness of. Critical, macro-societal theory emerged challenging the legitimacy of american social institutions and of entrenched power structures: examine larger social structures that affect communities and american society at large. Elliott currie (1985 1993: examines crack and heroine use in inner cities and the impact on families and communities, higher rates found in inner city because meaningful economic opportunities are scarce and perceived powerlessness and alienation. Health issues, domestic issues, and stigmatizations that are specific to women"s drug use. Drug use creates significant health issues for both men and women. Women face issues that are unique to them. Health risks that women drug users encounter are more consequential than those encountered by men. We must focus on research not only on health consequences from drug use but also on health issues that are antecedent (or prior to) drug use: ptsd is a stronger indicator in women"s drug use than men"s.
