THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRIGGERING DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. CASE STUDY – DRUG USE
THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRIGGERING DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. CASE STUDY – DRUG USE

Summary/Abstract: In the scientific field, a multitude of theories, the result of research and clinical experience, demonstrate the lack of a substantive agreement and of the essence of a comprehensive explanatory model on deviant behaviors. In this article, our attention is directed towards the causes of drug use. This fact is of overwhelming importance in addressing this type of behavior, as the better we know why and how consumption occurs, the easier it will be for us to intervene through either prevention programs or treatment programs for drug consumers. But to understand the cause of a phenomenon, such as drug use, we need a theory. A theory is simply an explanation for a general category of phenomena, which is any set of events or conditions.

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