Article de Périodique
What was bad is now good, and what was good is now bad: Changes in our views and images of addiction and addicts (2015)
Auteur(s) :
ADRIAN, M.
Année
2015
Page(s) :
523-531
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
REPRESENTATION SOCIALE
;
USAGER
;
IMAGE
;
ADDICTION
;
EVOLUTION
;
NORME
;
THEORIE DE L'ESCALADE
;
ETIOLOGIE
Résumé :
In 1977, an elderly family member being treated for advanced cancer asked me to get him some marijuana. A conservative abstemious person, he was participating in an early stage clinical trial of an experimental treatment. Totally wretched with persistent nausea, unable to eat or swallow, he wanted marijuana because he had read in the newspaper that this was good for what ailed him. I was profoundly shocked. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Department of Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Historique