This study aimed to understand the experience of young men and women with drug trafficking and the impact on drug use, involvement in criminal groups and insecurity. A case study design was utilized, with a focus group of 10 male and female participants. Results show that violence and insecurity generated by drug trafficking has encouraged the young people to avoid consumption of illegal drugs, or opt for easily accessible drugs to cope with the constant attempts by members of organized crime to recruit them. / El objetivo de esta investigación es conocer la experiencia de hombres y mujeres jóvenes con respecto al narcotráfico y su impacto en el consumo de drogas, la participación en grupos delictivos y la inseguridad. El diseño fue un estudio de caso, en el que se realizó un grupo focal con 10 participantes. Los resultados indican que la violencia e inseguridad generada por el narcotráfico ha motivado a las y los jóvenes a alejarse del consumo de drogas ilegales, u optar por drogas de fácil acceso, como estrategia de afrontamiento frente a los constantes intentos realizados por integrantes del crimen organizado para reclutar a los jóvenes. / O objetivo desta pesquisa é entender a experiência de homens e mulheres jovens com relação ao narcotráfico e seu impacto sobre o uso de drogas, a participação em grupos criminosos e a insegurança. O desenho da pesquisa foi um estudo de caso em que se realizou um grupo focal com 10 participantes. Os resultados indicam que a violência e insegurança produzidas pelo narcotráfico têm incentivado os jovens para se afastar do consumo de drogas ilegais, ou optar por drogas de fácil acesso, como estratégia para lidar com as constantes tentativas dos membros do crime organizado para recrutar jovens.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 maria_socorro_bastos.pdf: 895607 bytes, checksum: d0237f69d8cf9409984f3f21b0a2351a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-27 / This research had as main objective to understand the experience of motherhood in crack smokers. Specific description of how was the experience of these women know / feel pregnant and understanding how it presented the child care and self-care goals. The subjects were mothers of women crack users. The methodology was qualitative grounded in existential phenomenology. Thus, we collected narratives of research subjects, as well as the narrative of the researcher, is facing its affect on the meeting with these women, through their action. Five women were interviewed. The theoretical framework authors took as Heidegger, Foucault and Benjamin. The analysis considered the philosophical hermeneutics of Gadamer. As a result presented the unveiling of the unique universe of women in their experiences with motherhood. Could not grasp the phenomenon of mother feel in their narratives. As the phenomenon of abandonment, rejection, stigma, violence and the relationship established with the substance where possible to reflect on the ontic way of living today. / Este trabalho de pesquisa teve como objetivo geral compreender a experiência da maternidade em usuárias de crack. Como objetivos específicos a descrição de como se deu a experiência nessas mulheres sobre o saber/sentir grávida e a compreensão de como se apresentou o cuidado dos filhos e o cuidado de si. Os sujeitos participantes foram mulheres mães usuárias de crack. A metodologia empregada foi a qualitativa embasada na fenomenológica existencial. Para tanto, foram colhidas as narrativas dos sujeitos participantes, bem como, a narrativa da pesquisadora, frente ao seu afetar-se no encontro com essas mulheres, no seu campo-ação. Foram entrevistadas cinco mulheres. O marco teórico tomou autores como Heidegger, Foucault e Benjamin. A análise dos resultados considerou a hermenêutica filosófica de Gadamer. Como resultado apresentou o desvelamento do universo singular das mulheres nas suas experiências com a maternidade. Pudemos apreender o fenômeno de não sentir-se mãe nas suas narrativas. Assim como, o fenômeno do abandono, da rejeição, do estigma, da violência e a relação estabelecida com a substância onde possibilitou refletir sobre a forma ôntica do viver na atualidade.

Perinatal complications resulting from either alcohol or drug abuse include a high incidence of stillbirths, fetal distress, asphyxia, prematurity, low birth weight, pneumonia, congenital malformations, cerebral infarction, and an increased risk to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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The purpose of the study was to determine the extent environmental problems such as family history of substance abuse, loneliness and lack of support contribute to high levels of depression for substance abusing women seeking recovery in residential treatment facilities.

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors that cause resistance in older adults to participation in substance abuse treatment programs.

The diploma thesis focuses on the awareness of 2nd grade pupils of the selected primary school about the causes and consequences of the use of selected addictive substances. The work is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part describes the drug scene in the Czech Republic and the drug policy of the Czech Republic, the concepts of drug addiction, physical and mental addiction. The diploma thesis is focused on legal drugs - alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and illegal drugs - specifically on cannabis drugs. The next part of the work deals with addictive problems in children and adolescents and current trends in the use of addictive substances in young people in the Czech Republic according to several studies. At the end of the theoretical part, risk and protective factors influencing the emergence of addiction and risks and the consequences of selected addictive substances are described. The practical part maps the awareness of 2nd grade students of the selected elementary school about the causes and consequences of the use of selected addictive substances before and immediately after my performance in the subject of health education, including the 2nd month interval from the topic. The aim of the practical part was also to point out the low awareness of respondents about the...

MPM / Oliver Tambo Institute of Governance and Policy Studies / See the attached abstract below

Research on stepfamilies strongly supports the importance of positive parent-child relationships on child outcomes. However, most of this research has focused on one or two of these relationships failing to acknowledge the interconnected impact of all three parental figures. To fill this gap, I used latent class analysis and identified six classes of parent-child relationship constellations. The national sample in this study (n=1,159) were all participants in The Stepfamily Experiences Project (STEP). Parent-child relationship quality indicators were based on participants' retrospective reports on the warmth/closeness, communication, and level of active parenting they experienced in their stepfamily household. After identifying classes I examined how class membership was affected by resident parent relationships status, EA sex, stepparent sex, years spent in a stepfamily, the age the EA entered the stepfamily and the time spent with the nonresident parent. Finally, I examined how class membership impacted depression, drug use, and hooking up. Ultimately, the analysis indicated that there is much complexity in the stepfamily experience and its potential influence on later life outcomes.

Den här studien undersöker argument som tas upp i debatten om narkotikabruket. Studiens fokus ligger på argumenten som upprätthåller kriminaliseringen av narkotikabruk. Det finns inga substantiella evidens för att den här kriminaliseringen har haft den effekt som var tänkt, men regeringen har uttryckt att de inte vill utreda frågan. Enligt sociologerna Èmile Durkheim och Randall Collins finns det en social nödvändighet av brott; brottsligheten är en naturlig funktion av ett regelstyrt samhälle. Brottslighet aktualiseras genom kriminaliseringar och fungerar som moralbildande genom att det stärker de normativa övertygelserna hos de individer i samhället som inte begår brott. På så sätt handlar lagar, brott och straff mer om att stärka sammanhållningen i samhället än om att straffa brottslingar. Den här studien använder en kritisk diskursanalytisk metod - Norman Faircloughs argumentationsanalys och dialektala utvärdering - för att analysera argument från tre nutida samhällsdebatter, hämtade från SVT och Youtube, och förklara deras moraliska funktioner. Resultatet visar att argumenten som legitimerar kriminaliseringen av narkotikabruk inte är logiska. Dessa argument avfärdar det som motstrider dem samtidigt som de rättfärdigar sig själva på godtyckliga grunder. Argumenten verkar heller inte anta ett opersonligt förhållningssätt till eventuella problematiseringar med kriminaliseringen och dess effekter, utan verkar i första hand syfta till att upprätthålla de moraliska och politiska övertygelserna bakom kriminaliseringen. / This study explores the arguments stated about drug use in public debates, in particular arguments that perpetuate the criminalization of drug use. Even though there aren't any substantial evidence that the criminalization of drug use has had the effect it was intended to have, the Swedish government has stated that they don't intend to evaluate this matter. According to sociologists Èmile Durkheim och Randall Collins there's a social necessity of crime; delinquency is a natural phenomenon in a policy regulated society. Crime reinforces the moral standards within noncriminal individuals by operating as a moral producing idea. Laws, crime and punishment aren't as much about punishing the perpetrator per se, but more about emphasizing and reinforcing social sentiments and solidarity. By using critical discourse analysis - Norman Fairclough's argumentation analysis och dialectical evaluation - this study analyzes arguments from three contemporary public debates, from SVT and Youtube, and tries to explain their moral functions. The result shows that the arguments upholding the criminalization of drug use aren't logical. These arguments reject counterclaims whilst justifying themselves on arbitrary grounds. Moreover, the arguments aren't seemingly based on objectivity regarding the problematizations surrounding the criminalization of drug use and its effects, but seem to primarily enforce the moral and political ideology behind the criminalization itself.