As the Drug User Comes to Define Himself or Herself

question 19

Short Answer

As the drug user comes to define himself or herself as an addict, the wider society perceives him or her as such, in a process known as __________.

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Definitions:

Herfindahl Index

An economic measure of market concentration, calculated by summing the squares of the market shares of all competitors within an industry.

Industry Concentration

A measure of the extent to which a small number of firms dominate the total production, sales, or market share in an industry.

Elastic

A measure in economics indicating how much the demand or supply of a good changes in response to a change in price.

Marginal Revenue

The extra revenue gained by selling an additional unit of a product or service.