HLTH 323 Lecture Notes - Mouthwash, Insite, Health Promotion

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 323
• Professor: Stevenson Fergus

Document Summary

Prohibition: attempt to ban use, tries to get people to stop using substance entirely. Legalization: allowing substances to be used, regulated by law. Medicalization: recognize substance use is not a moral failing, medical problem. Not moral problem: treated as a disease, people need treatment and help. Harm reduction: no other approaches work, no moral failing, other approaches not practical, start where people are (change continuum, reduce harms. U. s war on drugs : just say no to drugs. All drugs are bad, all drugs are the same. Moralistic approach: stigmatize, marginalize, people are bad, immoral if they use drugs. Assumes all consequences of drug use are the same: eg cocaine is just as bad as marijuana. Not realistic: substance use is common, people cant just stop. Limited efficacy: strains the criminal justice system, usa has largest substance use problem, not working, not successful approach. Recognizing drugs and regulating drugs: taxing and improving the quality of the substance, eg.