SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Absenteeism, Substance Abuse, Motal

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Alcohol consumption is associated with fatal traffic, airplane and occupational accidents. In most major cities over half the people arrested for all crimes test positive for some illegal drugs. Alcoholics are seven times more likely to become separated or divorced from their spouses. Studies find that 29-71% of spouses abusers were drinkers at the time of the attacks. People who abuse alcohol have higher rates of absenteeism, are more likely to jump between jobs, are more likely to be fired and are more likely to be involved in workplace accidents. Most psychoactive drugs that are taken in large quantities produce severe health effects and even death. Origins with mackenzie king deputy labour minister. Finds that opium is easy to purchase. The law would serve to socially construct a criminal pathology. The greater severity of punishment naturally led to increased business risks, risks that were passed on to the consumer in the form of high prices.