A01=John Booth Davies
Author_John Booth Davies
behavioural science
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Category=JMAL
causal inference
compulsive behaviour
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explanatory models
pharmacological effects
social context of drug use
substance dependence mechanisms
Product details
- ISBN 9783718651979
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1992
- Publisher: Harwood-Academic Publishers
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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Current attitudes towards drug misuse in the media, government and even treatment centers often exaggerate the pharmacological power of drugs. Their coercive influence is widely believed to be so great that to experiment with a drug is tantamount to addiction. This book argues that such beliefs are largely inaccurate and harmful. Research shows that explanations for drug use vary according to circumstances. Drug users may explain that they have lost their willpower and capacity for personal decision-making, because this is the explanation expected of them, but most actually use drugs because they want to and because they see no good reason for giving them up. Addicted behavior is therefore a form of learned helplessness that encourages passivity and irresponsibility.
