SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Stepfamily, Psychoactive Drug, Modafinil
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Social problems: canadian perspective notes. Increased wagers: bet more than you could afford, returned to win back losses, borrowed money/sold anything to gamble. But it places burden of responsible gambling on individual, citing personality weakness or cognitive distortion as cause of gambling problems. Why do we label some behaviour as deviant, and with what consequences? . Sociologists have to assume actors" motives make sense, even if we can"t understand them or identify with them. Are drugs and alcohol social problems: drugs are substances that cause a biochemical reaction in the body. This concept begins with the notion of excessive or inappropriate drug use resulting in social, psychological, and/or physiological impairments. Adolescent alcohol use steadily decreased since late 1970s. Cigarette and cannabis use peaked in late 1970s, decreased throughout 1980s, and began to increase dramatically in early 1990s. Cocaine use consistently higher in us and lsd use consistently higher in on from 1975- 95.
