Another group of people
that we interact with is the group we choose ourselves. This includes
mostly friends, but also boyfriends/ girlfriends, and perhaps more; the
main idea here is that we choose to be around these people, and so when
we do have respect for such a person then that respect can be said to have
been earned. Friendships are greatly responsible for opening up doors
to new experiences, but there is a risk that we will be shown things beyond
the simple joys of new experiences; the risk is the new dangers our bodies
are placed into- such as drug use. When drugs are introduced by such people
as already have earned our trust, negative consequences and side effects
are more easily overlooked. And the pattern of positive reinforcement
by our friends for such drug use will only make drug use easier, removing
any negative stigmas previously held. This will overshadow the fact
that it was not a drug, not a chemical high we were looking for in the
first place- we were only looking for a friend.
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