SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ritualism In The Church Of England, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Disorganization Theory
20 Apr 2018
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Addiction: socially disapproved behavior that is uncontrollable, repetitious, and possibly harmful. Other recent socially disapproved behaviors have emerged and labelled addictions without research to justify them. The american psychiatric association and the world health organization medical definitions of addiction have seven criteria, and require interviews to determine if an individual has an additional issue. Drug: any substance that causes a biochemical reaction in the body. Legal vs illegal depends on economy, society and politics. The use of legal drugs is more common in canada than illegal drugs. The use of illegal drugs is considered a major problem while the harm done by legal drugs is often ignored. Drug abuse: this concept begins with the notion of excessive or inappropriate drug use resulting in social, psychological, and/or physiological impairments stemming from drug dependency to avoid unpleasant withdrawal. There are two aspects to this concept of abuse: objective and subjective: objective relies on physical mental, or social evidence.
