Historique
Périodique
Binarisms, regressive outcomes and biases in the drug policy interventions: a theoretical approach
(Contradictions, effets négatifs et travers de la politique en matière de drogue : une approche théorique)
Auteur(s) :
GEREVICH, J.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
451-472
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
55
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2005, 40, (4), 451-472
Note de contenu :
tabl. ; ill.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The golden age of drug policy was characterized by the informal regulation of drug use. Formalization of the control over regulation and its increasingly strict, aggressive character led to the emergence of a binary attitude. The main binarisms : pharmaceutical or drug; ban or tolerance ; punishment or treatment; psychopathological or pathopsychological approach; subjective or objective knowledge ; traditional or alternative. On the basis of Kuhn's paradigm theory, these binarisms can be integrated. Drug policy interventions based on the binary attitude have had regressive effects. Using the work of Sam Sieber, the author distinguishes eight regressive influences : functional imbalance, perverse diagnosis, ricochet, overload, goal displacement, exploitation, provocation, and classification, placation. The regressive influences have caused the escalation of the drug problem, which in turn has led to further regressive interventions. This vicious circle could be broken by eliminating the four biasesthe paternalistic, elitist, rationalist, and activist biasesunderlying the regressive interventions. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Addiction Research Institute, 1276 Budapest, Pf. 216. E-mail : gerevichj@axevichj@axelero.hu
Hongrie. Hungary.
Hongrie. Hungary.