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Article de Périodique
Controlled release: a cultural analysis of collegiate polydrug use (2009)
Auteur(s) :
QUINTERO, G.
Année
2009
Page(s) :
39-47
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
JEUNE ADULTE
;
MILIEU ETUDIANT
;
POLYCONSOMMATION
;
CULTUREL
;
ETHNOGRAPHIE
;
ENTRETIEN
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2009, 41, (1), 39-47
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Social science research on polydrug use among young adult college students is scant, adopts definitions of this practice that are often devoid of sociocultural context, and emphasizes a very narrow range of use patterns. This article, based on ethnographic interviews from a study of collegiate prescription drug misuse, expands this focus by offering a cultural analysis of polydrug use. Two specific types of collegiate polydrug use, simultaneous interaction and sequential management, are examined within a cultural framework that relates these practices to the expression of two complementary values--control and release. The college experience provides young people with a culturally sanctioned "time-out" period that affords freedom from many of the roles, responsibilities, and other constraints that come to structure later adult life. At the same time, college students are expected to meet academic and social demands that require organization, initiative, and direction. Specific types of polydrug use provide young adults with a means to navigate these competing prescriptions that are characteristic of contemporary college life. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Department of Anthropology, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive MS5112, Missoula, MT 59812
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.
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