The place of sociology in a drug education curriculum.
This article gives consideration to the part a sociological perspective can play in a drug education curriculum. Sociology's study of human behavior from the context of various social groupings is considered appropriate to any understanding of drugs and drug use, as are a number of substantive areas common to the discipline. The sociological perspective is examined from the broad foci of structure and process, and with each focus examples of a sociological approach to drug use is offered. The common concerns of these approaches, as well as their points of divergence, are discussed. A sample outline of a course in "Drugs and Society" is also presented, suggesting the ways in which the sociological issues discussed could provide an orientation to the study of drug use in a social context.
University of Missouri, St. Louis.
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D003479:Curriculum; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*