Understanding Problematic Drug Use: A Medical Matter or a Social Issue?
Buchanan, Julian (2006) Understanding Problematic Drug Use: A Medical Matter or a Social Issue?
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Abstract
This paper questions the notion that problem drug use is essentially a physiological medical problem that requires coercive treatment, from which success are measured by way of drug testing to determine the abstinence from the drug. The article argues that the causes and solutions to problem drug use are much more to do with socio-economic factors than physiological or psychological factors. In particular it explores the connections between the emergence and sudden rise in problematic drug use that occurred across the UK in the mid 1980s, with deindustrialisation and the decline of opportunities for unskilled non academic young people. Further the paper critically examines the notion of the ‘problem drug user’, in particular how those identified and labelled, are perceived and treated by wider society, and how this adversely impacts upon drug rehabilitation and social integration.
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| Additional Information: | © 2006 British Journal of Community Justice. This paper was first published in Volume 4 Issue 2 of the British Journal of Community Justice in 2006.The published article is available on the British Journal of Community Justice website at http://www.cjp.org.uk/publications/bjcj/volume-4-issue-2/ |
| Keywords: | drugs, addiction, substance misuse, medical approaches, social exclusion |
| Divisions: | ?? GlyndwrUniversity ?? |
| Depositing User: | ULCC Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2011 09:13 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2017 20:05 |
| URI: | https://wrexham.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/94 |
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