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Normal drug use: ethnographic fieldwork among an adult network of recreational drug users in inner London
(Usage de drogue "normal" : recherches ethnographiques sur le terrain dans un réseau d'adultes usagers récréatifs au centre ville de Londres)
Auteur(s) :
PEARSON, G.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
167-200
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
MILIEU URBAIN
;
USAGE RECREATIF
;
JEUNE
;
CANNABIS
;
COCAINE
;
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2001, 36, (1-2), 167-200
Résumé :
A key debate in late 1990s Britain is the "normalization" of illicit drug use among young people. This qualitative research study explores recreational drug use (mainly cannabis and cocaine) among an adult friendship network in an inner London neighborhood. It finds that the use of these drugs is accepted as a normal and routine aspect of daily life. In addition to patterns of drug consumption and drug dealing, some aspects of risk perception are also described. Adults are neglected in current UK drug policy debates. "Normal" adult recreational drug use poses the need for a new public health policy agenda for the new century. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Goldsmiths College, University of London, New Cross, UK