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The Choice of Intoxicant Among the Chinese
Author(s) -
Singer K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1974.tb01312.x
Subject(s) - conformity , acquiescence , moderation , ideology , psychology , social psychology , demography , politics , sociology , political science , law
Summary The choice of alcohol and narcotics and the prevalence pattern of dependence en these substances among the Chinese are found tit differ significantly from those in the West. Possible factors responsible for the distinctive pattern in the Chinest are considered. Probably significant are cultural ideology sanctioning acquiescence, moderation, propriety conformity and intellectual control; historical events leading to easy availability of opiates over a long period; and, a high level of social pathology associated with culture change, economic hardship and easy accessibility to drugs.