The single drug user and his audience.
Observations on youth life in a slum of Tel-Aviv revealed a situation in which one youngster smokes hashish while he is surrounded by his nonuser friends. Symbols of reliance on friends are the essence of this interaction. The situation denies a group pressure on this drug user. The individual's needs in social bonds, expressed in the interaction, suggests a direction for an intervention program focused on the drugged personal needs.
D000293:Adolescent; D002188:Cannabis; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012940:Social Problems; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*