Drug use can have social benefits, and acknowledging this could improve rehabilitation
- Written by Jennifer Power, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
Young people have reported cultural gains from drug use, such as strengthening social ties and gaining access to social networks.from www.shutterstock.com
Illicit drug use is often framed in terms of risk and antisocial or criminal behaviour. But drug use is often a highly social activity. For many people, the pleasure of using drugs is about...
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