Ungdomars och unga vuxnas egna uppfattningar om alkohol och narkotikabruk : En kvalitativ studie
(2018) SOPA63 20172School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Young people’s and young adults’ own perceptions of alcohol- and drug use. A qualitative study.
The thesis examines young people, age 18-24, and their thoughts on drugs and alcohol. We examine their views on cannabis, alcohol, and heavy-end drugs. We examine their attitudes with focus on identity, normalization and social context. We come to the conclusion that the youth of today are in the process of normalizing drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, and that they propagate their views further, onto other groups. We notice a distancing from alcohol, and a decreased use, but this use is in turn replaced by other substances. The youth of today use different substances for different occasions, why and what they use can be for many different... (More) - Young people’s and young adults’ own perceptions of alcohol- and drug use. A qualitative study.
The thesis examines young people, age 18-24, and their thoughts on drugs and alcohol. We examine their views on cannabis, alcohol, and heavy-end drugs. We examine their attitudes with focus on identity, normalization and social context. We come to the conclusion that the youth of today are in the process of normalizing drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, and that they propagate their views further, onto other groups. We notice a distancing from alcohol, and a decreased use, but this use is in turn replaced by other substances. The youth of today use different substances for different occasions, why and what they use can be for many different reasons such as pain relief, stress relief, focusing, partying, relaxing, having fun with friends and for exploring their inner self. We examine their statements and reasoning, to try to understand their thoughts. (Less)
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- author
- Johansson, Oscar LU and Ryderdal, Daniel LU
- supervisor
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- Mats Hilte LU
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20172
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Normalization, youth, alcohol, drugs, attitudes
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8937431
- date added to LUP
- 2018-03-15 15:38:09
- date last changed
- 2018-03-15 15:38:09
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