Other groups (and thus another
societal force) seek to change the way society perceives drugs, their use,
and possible subsequent addiction. One group (www.legalize.org)
is a proponent of such change, and though their name may instill an image
of drug-induced madmen destroying society (to some people- see paragraph
two), their idea of the legalization of drugs is a little different.
They are aware of the dangers of drug use and seek to end people’s ignorance
of such dangers, and wish to do this not by legalizing drugs in a popular
sense- there would be no heroin shops opening on the corner- but in their
decriminalization. That is to say, a drug user would get help for
his/her drug problem; he/she would not be treated as a violent criminal
and be carted off to prison- which would only cause more disillusionment
with the world and self-doubt, which contributed to the addiction in the
first place.
Some outlying social factors:
1. "Nancy
Reagan" outlook
2. Informative
Negative Reinforcement
3. Decriminalization
More intimate social forces:
1. Role
Models
2. Peers
Home, Definition,
Development,
Pathology,
Psychology,Sociology,
Treatment