Sociologists Who Studied Drug Use in the 1950s and 1960s

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Essay

Sociologists who studied drug use in the 1950s and 1960s emphasized that the neophyte user had to learn to enjoy the effects of drugs before he/she became a regular user. Does this model still hold up as an adequate explanation for understanding drug use today? Or is it obsolete? Or does it need to be supplemented with other factors rather than being replaced?

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