Social Behavior, Public Policy, and Nonharmful Drug Use

Winick, Charles

doi:10.2307/3350104

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“…That drug use renders individuals less economically productive is very difficult to establish empirically. Miron & Zwiebel (1995) refute the argument referring to work by Normand et al (1994) and Winick (1991), which suggests that if anything, except for the heaviest users, there exists a positive relationship between individual earnings and self-reported drug use or at least no negative relationship. The motivation for questioning the relationship between drug use and labour market outcomes is the recognition of the possible simultaneity of drug use and wages, and the existence of unobserved heterogeneity, which raise questions about the direction of causality in a wage equation involving a measure of drug use as an explanatory variable.…”

Section: Productivity and Labour Supplymentioning

confidence: 91%

What Price Drug Use? The Contribution of Economics to an Evidence‐Based Drugs Policy

MacDonald

2004

Journal of Economic Surveys

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Thi s paper present s a revi ew of t he recent econom i cs l i t erat ure i n t he area of i l l i ci t drug use.Part i cul ar at t ent i on i s pai d t o t he econom i cs of addi ct i on and t he rat i onal addi ct i on m odel , t he w el fare econom i cs fram ew ork for anal ysi ng t he soci al cost s of drug use, and t he at t em pt s t hat have been m ade by econom i st s t o eval uat e recent or proposed pol i cy i nt ervent i ons. A dom i nant t hem e i n t hi s revi ew i s t he probl em of poor dat a avai l abi l i t y. Thi s i s part i cul arl y t rue w hen i t com es t o i m pl em ent i ng t he Rat i onal A ddi ct i on m odel , but i t i s al so apparent i n t he l i t erat ure on est i m at i ng t he cost s of i l l i ci t drug use t o soci et y as a w hol e. O ne of t he m ai n concl usi ons of t hi s revi ew i s t hat unt i l recent l y publ i c pol i cy has not been part i cul arl y i nfl uenced by research carri ed out by econom i st s. It i s not cl ear w het her t hi s i s because econom i st s have had t o grappl e w i t h i nadequat e dat a, and hence t hei r concl usi ons are couched i n uncert ai nt y, or w het her i t i s because drugs researchers have assum ed a very l i m i t ed rol e for econom i st s i n t hei r anal ysi s.

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Section: Productivity and Labour Supplymentioning

confidence: 91%

What Price Drug Use? The Contribution of Economics to an Evidence‐Based Drugs Policy

MacDonald

2004

Journal of Economic Surveys

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“…Much research in the drug treatment field is carried out within the framework of medicine or psychology and in the context of treatment programmes working with a notion of drug use as an illness or behavioural disorder, which can be cured (Turk et al, 1986). Conclusions are then based on small groups of dysfunctional drug users attending treatment and can be mistakenly generalized to all people who use drugs in different ways (Winnick, 1991). As a consequence, there is an absence not only of drug treatment literature in social work journals, but also of knowledge about drug-using social work clients who do not attend treatment agencies.…”

Section: Drug Treatment; Models Of Drug Misuse Solutions and Effectimentioning

confidence: 99%

An International Social Work Perspective on Drug Misuse Problems and Solutions

Keene

2001

Journal of Social Work

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Summary: This article examines the problems facing social workers working with drug misusers throughout all modern societies and considers possible social work perspectives and solutions. It examines the limitations for social workers of internationally accepted medical and disease models of drug use and considers the implications of moving from medical to social work perspectives. To do this it clarifies the three main treatment models and reviews literature on their basic assumptions and effectiveness. It then examines the range of social and psychological problems associated with different types of drug misuse from a social work perspective and analyses the implications for social work practice. Findings: The article concludes that whilst the relationship between social work and drug treatment is influenced by the dominant treatment philosophy in any one country, social work models can be an effective alternative to, or addition to, treatment models as a whole. Applications: The limitations of treatment models for social work practice and the applications of social work models to drug problems are examined.

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“…This may seem excessive, because many users of even so-called hard drugs do not experience negative consequences of their use. 26 However, the implications of a drug-related arrest for a future physician's career make any illicit drug use risky, even if the risk of other negative consequences of sporadic use may not be so great as commonly believed.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%