Open AccessThe Swedish Drug Problem: Conceptual understanding and Problem Handling, 1839-2011
Author(s) -
Johan Edman,
Börje Olsson
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nordisk alkohol- and narkotikatidskrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.431
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1458-6126
pISSN - 1455-0725
DOI - 10.2478/nsad-2014-0044
Subject(s) - ideology , terminology , politics , addiction , social issues , substance abuse , criminology , vagrancy , frame (networking) , psychology , sociology , social psychology , psychiatry , political science , law , linguistics , telecommunications , philosophy , computer science
AIM - To analyse the Swedish drug question by examining dominant concepts used to portray the problem in the years 1839-2011. Theoretically, we understand these concepts as ideological tools that shape the political initiatives and administrative efforts to deal with the problem. The study is based on two kinds of source material: articles in medical journals from the years 1839-1964 and public reports on vagrancy, the alcohol problem, mental health and the drug problem from the years 1882-2011