Drug use is occurs as prescribed by the doctors or other medical authorities or in the label of the drug container. That means, whether it is over the counter medication or behind the counter medication or prescription only medication, there are guidelines to use it, and user probably follow it. For an instance, if it is an antibiotic, the user takes the prescribed dosage for a prescribed term. But, in drug abuse, there is no prescribed base. Abuser can have the drug until he/ she reach to the state which they deserve. Although there are prescriptions or guidelines, the abuser extends all those guidelines, and that is how most pharmaceutical drugs are abused. For an instance, taking Cetrizine everyday as a sleeping tablet can be given.
Subculture refers to an organized set of values, norms, beliefs, and attitudes that have become a traditional way of life among certain segments of a population. Delinquent subcultures, on the other hand, are those where anti-social behavior is required by the norms of the group. In 1955, Albert Cohen proposed a theory of delinquency in his book "Delinquent Boys," which sought to explain the origin and functions of delinquent subcultures. According to Cohen's theory, delinquency is not inborn or something the individual contrives on their own. Instead, individuals learn to become delinquent by interacting with others who share this pattern. Delinquent patterns are acquired by becoming a member of a group where delinquency is already an established pattern and is required by the norms of the group. Cohen believed that the delinquent subculture develops as a response and solution to the problem of "status frustration," which occurs because of socialization. Social...
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