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Demystifying Drugs

A Psychosocial Perspective

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Ted Goldberg

    1. Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. On Drugs and Drug Consumers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-8

    3. Assumptions and Concepts

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      Pages 9-21

    5. Why Do People Take Drugs?

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 41-59

  3. Deviant Careers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Deviant Career: a Model

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 81-97

    3. Parental Labelling

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 98-115

    4. Societal Labelling

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 116-126

    5. Secondary Deviance

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      Pages 127-140

    6. The Deviance Spiral

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 141-150

  4. Narcotics Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. Can We Cut the Supply?

      • Ted Goldberg
      Pages 153-174

    3. Prohibition — Swedish Narcotics Policy

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      Pages 175-215

    4. Harm Reduction — Dutch Narcotics Policy

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      Pages 216-245

    5. Demand Reduction

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      Pages 246-268

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 269-291
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About this book

Based on extensive participant observation research, a life-history model is presented to explain why very few of those who come into contact with narcotics become problematic consumers; that is make drugs one of the most central elements in their lives. The model covers four stages in the deviant career; two preceding and two subsequent to the individual's narcotics debut. Prohibition and harm reduction as models for intervention are presented, and the implications for drug policy of the life-history model are discussed.
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Keywords

  • behavior
  • drug policy
  • drugs
  • intervention
  • Irish Republican Army (IRA)
  • narcotics
  • research
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Ted Goldberg

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About the author

TED GOLDBERG was awarded an undergraduate degree in anthropology and sociology from Uppsala University in 1967. In 1973 he received his Ph.D. in sociology from the same school. From 1970-75 he was Assistant Professor at the Sociology Institution of Uppsala University, and then held the same position for three years at Örebro School of Social Work. After a year at the R & D Department of The Swedish National Board of Universities and Colleges, he joined the faculty at the Department of Social Work, Stockholm University in 1979. He is currently Associate Professor there. Combining anthropological methodology with sociological theory Ted Goldberg has done extensive participant observation research on the narcotics scene in Stockholm. This has provided a basis for two books and several articles on drugs.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Demystifying Drugs

  • Book Subtitle: A Psychosocial Perspective

  • Authors: Ted Goldberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27618-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Ted Goldberg 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-72245-9Published: 09 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-72246-6Published: 12 July 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-27618-9Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 291

  • Topics: Sociological Methods, Sociology

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