SOC102H1 Chapter 8: Reading for Week 8. Book: Social Problems, Chapter: 8
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Addiction not related to frequency of use, but rather with difficulty in controlling use. 3. 1% moderate, 0. 7% severe gambling problems in ontario. Cpgi scale; focus on financial and social outcomes. Labelling theory; defining and treating others as deviant. Negative labels lead to development of a self-concept of deviant identity". These ppl"s actions make sense to them, though we don"t know why. We will tend to cite the cause of gambling as personality weaknesses. Drug; causes a biochemical reaction in the body. Definitions on illegal or legal drugs doesn"t depend on its effect but rather on surrounding social, economic, and political factors. Reasons are sociological not pharmacological (drug effects don"t change, rather public opinion, opium example). www. notesolution. com. Similarly, definition of drug abuse depends on time and place. It is subjective to the society in discussion. Process through which behaviour previously deemed deviant, sinful, immoral are reconceived as illnesses. Drug subculture; share common beliefs and attitudes surrounding their drug use.
