SOCL 1295 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caffeine, Stimulant, Herd Immunity
12 Feb 2014
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Argument: experiencing the positive effects of marijuana must be learned. Earlier theory: individual psychological traits are what differentiate marijuana users from nonusers. Becker"s theory: he doesn"t identify the traits that cause the behavior, instead the problem becomes one of describing the set of changes in a person"s conception of the activity and of the experience it provides them. Motivations for drug use do not precede the act. One can use marijuana for pleasure only after going through a learning process. Some respondents learned from experiences users, but others learned through observation or media exposure (youtube and google!) Majority of respondents (68%) did get high the first time. Majority of respondents (94%) did experience first time as pleasurable. Explanations: change in deviant status, better technologies and quality of marijuana, early exposure to others smoking and media images of how it feels . Bath salts video: psa by the navy, warning sailors to stay away from bath salts.
