Investigating Social Problems
Second Edition
Learning Objectives
- Discuss drug use as a social problem.
- Describe the problems of drug dependence.
- Relate patterns of drug use to the life course, gender, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
- Apply the functionalist, symbolic interactionist, and conflict perspectives to social policy on drug use.
- Apply specialized theories to the social problems of drug use.
- Identify steps toward social change on drugs.