Changing lives, changing drug journeys.

This book describes how a group of young people make decisions about drug taking. It charts the decision making process of recreational drug takers and non-drug takers as they mature from adolescence into young adulthood. With a focus upon their perceptions of different drugs, it situates their deci...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Williams, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge advances in ethnography.
Subjects:
Youth > Drug use > Longitudinal studies.
Drug abuse > Longitudinal studies.
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence > Longitudinal studies.
Toxicomanie > Études longitudinales.
Prise de risque chez l'adolescent > Études longitudinales.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL > Neurology.
Drug abuse
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence
Youth > Drug use
Electronic books.
Longitudinal studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Understanding and researching drug taking: lessons from the past; 2 Theorizing decisions about drug taking; 3 A balancing act? Weighing up the costs and benefits to health and well-being; 4 The meaning of pleasure and risk in a cultural context; 5 The journey to adulthood; 6 At the crossroads: life journeys and drug journeys; 7 Drug taking and risk assessment reconsidered; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

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