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Legalisera, kriminalisera eller acceptera? - En kvalitativ uppsats om de professionellas förhållningssätt och hur de arbetar med cannabisrelaterade problem

Hansson, Philip LU (2014) SOPA63 20141
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the liberalization wave which is sweeping across America in recent times, and how it influence our way of thinking and working with marijuana in Skåne, Sweden. To understand how it’s affecting us my study are based on interviewing social workers and other professionals working with marijuana and other narcotic related problems. My interviews were focused on how the legalization in Colorado, USA and the closeness to Danmark has been affecting our views on the topic in Skåne, both as professionals and their opinion about the clients they meet. We’ve discussed the geographical closeness between Skåne and Christiania in Denmark, and how their policies are affecting us in Skåne, Sweden. The... (More)
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the liberalization wave which is sweeping across America in recent times, and how it influence our way of thinking and working with marijuana in Skåne, Sweden. To understand how it’s affecting us my study are based on interviewing social workers and other professionals working with marijuana and other narcotic related problems. My interviews were focused on how the legalization in Colorado, USA and the closeness to Danmark has been affecting our views on the topic in Skåne, both as professionals and their opinion about the clients they meet. We’ve discussed the geographical closeness between Skåne and Christiania in Denmark, and how their policies are affecting us in Skåne, Sweden. The analyses were based on two different kinds of perspectives, one focusing on a larger scale with acculturation and structural functionalism. The other are focused on the individual with the help of a labeling theory. As a conclusion of the first the perspective, I would say that some groups in Sweden have been more affected than others. As for the other more individual perspective one must make the difference between recreational users and problematic users, and the addiction that may follow. (Less)
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author
Hansson, Philip LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
marijuana, legalization, liberalization, drug policies, acculturation
language
Swedish
id
4611754
date added to LUP
2014-09-15 14:42:51
date last changed
2014-09-15 14:42:51
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the liberalization wave which is sweeping across America in recent times, and how it influence our way of thinking and working with marijuana in Skåne, Sweden. To understand how it’s affecting us my study are based on interviewing social workers and other professionals working with marijuana and other narcotic related problems. My interviews were focused on how the legalization in Colorado, USA and the closeness to Danmark has been affecting our views on the topic in Skåne, both as professionals and their opinion about the clients they meet. We’ve discussed the geographical closeness between Skåne and Christiania in Denmark, and how their policies are affecting us in Skåne, Sweden. The analyses were based on two different kinds of perspectives, one focusing on a larger scale with acculturation and structural functionalism. The other are focused on the individual with the help of a labeling theory. As a conclusion of the first the perspective, I would say that some groups in Sweden have been more affected than others. As for the other more individual perspective one must make the difference between recreational users and problematic users, and the addiction that may follow.}},
  author       = {{Hansson, Philip}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Legalisera, kriminalisera eller acceptera? - En kvalitativ uppsats om de professionellas förhållningssätt och hur de arbetar med cannabisrelaterade problem}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}