SOCI 250 Chapter 8: Tepperman Chapter 8
15 Dec 2011
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Addiction socially disapproved behaviour that is uncontrollable, repetitious, and possibly harmful. Labelling the process of defining and treating others as deviant. Labelling theory explores labels on individuals" self-conceptions and is interested in the development of a deviant identity". Social reactions of condemnation and criminalization can lead actors to alter their individual characteristics and to adopt the values of their labelled identity. Drug any substance that causes a biochemical reaction in the body. Drug abuse this concept begins with the notion of excessive or inappropriate drug use resulting in social, psychological, and/or physiological impairments. It stems from a chronic physical and psychological compulsion to continue taking a drug in order to avoid unpleasant withdrawal symptoms. Drug dependence the routine need for a drug for physiological and/or psychological reasons. Tolerance a symptom of repeated and frequent drug use. It refers to the decreased effectiveness of any given drug.
