Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Downtown Eastside, World Health Organization, Psychopharmacology
25 Dec 2019
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Issues of substance abuse and related crime in adolescence. Introduction: canadians rank among the worlds top 50 in per capita alcohol consumption (world. Health organization, 2014: canada is home to more than 100,000 intravenous drug users, many living in urban areas such as vancouver"s infamous downtown eastside. Canada"s national anti-drug strategy: government of canada proposed a strategy, unveiled in 2007, strong focus on the prevention and treatment of youth substance abuse (i. e. ) "drugsnot4me" includes television and commercials that target young people. Biases in research caused by respondents" desire to provide what they feel is the social the researcher wants to hear" A heterogeneous population of youth between ages 12 and 24 who lack adequate shel outside the mainstream youth population. The path by which a drug or other substance is brought into contact with the body. Common methods include smoking, ingestion, injection, and intranasal inhalation.
