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Reflections on the Positive Consequences of Illicit Drug Usage by the Younger Generation
Author(s) -
Tec Nechama
Publication year - 1976
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.1360-0443.1976.tb00105.x
Subject(s) - realm , dysfunctional family , enforcement , illicit drug , drug , law enforcement , distribution (mathematics) , criminology , law and economics , business , psychology , political science , public relations , law , sociology , psychiatry , mathematics , mathematical analysis
This paper starts with the basic assumption that together with its dysfunctional consequences illicit drug usage by the young has led to some positive societal developments. This paper attempts to identify and describe these positive developments. Accordingly there seems to be: (1) less glorification of medication in general; (2) more adequate controls in the realm of drug production, distribution and research; (3) an awareness of inconsistencies, in the existent drug laws, their enforcement, both of which resulted in attempts at making both the existing laws and their enforcement less arbitrary.