Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1980. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1981. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 319-340).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Philipps-Universität Marburg/Lahn, 1972. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-238).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-214).

For social workers, the entire problem of drug addiction is a challenge. On the one hand, it is widespread and threatening; on the other, it is dealt with much ineptness and prejudice. Because addiction involves individuals, and because-problems of an emotional nature either cause or intensify the addiction, the social work profession can—or should—play a leading part in it's treatment and prevention. The thesis strives to show the addict as an individual, what his problems are, and how he can be aided by caseworkers, as well as by psychiatrists, psychologists, etc. In particular, it strives to clarify the social worker's role in a therapeutic approach. Data for the study came from many sources: from texts and reports made by various authorities in the field, particularly, studies made at the Lexington narcotics farm. Personal visits were made to prisons, clinics, and hospitals handling addicts, and discussions were held with doctors engaged in this work. Correspondence was carried on with people in various regions who are in a position to study the problem at first hand. And finally, interviews were held with many addicts, both treated and untreated. Final impressions rendered are a product drawn and based on the composite findings. The plan of the thesis is to review first the available information on the general incidence of addiction; then to focus what is known of the typical addict as a person, individually and socially. Treatment plans—current, discarded, and untried—are then discussed; and the final chapter attempts to describe the work that caseworkers can perform with treatable addicts. The conclusion of the thesis is that present methods can be improved considerably, with the help of social workers among others, for work with treatable addicts, and that the number of "cured" addicts can be raised by such improvement. At the same time, the "untreatability" of many addicts has been examined, with the conclusion that a very large group of addicts cannot at present expect any real psychiatric help. Virtually no written material exists on the subject of casework with the treatable addicts, and it is hoped that this study points the way to such a development. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

This thesis explores the evolution of the discourses that constitute the social problem of drug use in Canada as described throughout the three Canadian drug strategies: the National Drug Strategy 1987-1992, the Canadian Drug Strategy 1992-2007 and the National Anti-Drug Strategy 2007-2014. In order to do so the author engages with Foucaudian concepts of discourse, power and knowledge to conduct an archaeological analysis of government texts produced during each time period. In particular, the author places a focus on how drug use, drug users, the impact of drug use on Canadian society and the perceived necessary responses to the drug problem are constructed through various discourses. The findings help the author propose a framework to examine how social problems may be politicized in general. The framework highlights the tendency for social problems to emphasize appropriate social norms, be selective in their incorporation of evidence, marginalize those who are considered problematic and politicize objects in a vague manner.

Recent governmental enquiries into the Canadian Pharmaceutical industry have recommended that the level of marketing costs incurred by individual firms be reduced, so that the cost of medication may in turn be reduced. The object of this study is to seek out and apply quantitative techniques that objectively measure the effectiveness of various pharmaceutical firms' marketing departments. This is subsequently related to the firms' marketing policies and the costs of their implementation. The effectiveness of six pharmaceutical firms' marketing departments was determined by two methods: (1) a ratio measure of each firm's rate of return to the level of its marketing costs; and (2) a productivity measure that permits the calculation of relative efficiencies. It was determined that the general quantitative results were consistent for either method of calculation. In addition, not only was there a wide degree of variance between the individual firm's marketing effectiveness, but it appears that firms who adopted an indirect distribution policy and a mass selling promotional policy had a more efficient marketing department. / Business, Sauder School of / Graduate

Most investigations into the use of legally unavailable narcotics has been conducted by psychiatrists or psychiatrically oriented researchers. Consequently, there is little available data on the social aspects of the use of such drugs. The majority of this study reports on some of the social activities performed by drug users and focuses in particular on those activities related to the buying and selling of drugs, i.e., drug transactions. The observable features of these transactions are seen as being shaped by the drug user's folk or commonsense knowledge of the law and the methods the police employ to enforce it. A section of this study deals with the meaning of the term "drug addict". It is suggested that the answer to the question "What is a drug addict?" must consult the practices of those who are involved in activities related to "defining drug addicts". This study is based mainly on observations made in a setting where heroin, a legally unavailable narcotic, could be purchased. Other observations were made of the work routines of the members of a police drug squad and the staff members of a narcotic addiction treatment center. As an adjunct to the observational data, interviews were held with drug users, drug policemen, and drug treatment officials. / Arts, Faculty of / Sociology, Department of / Graduate