Goldstein M B, Engwall D B
Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain 06050.
J Health Soc Policy. 1992;3(3):69-83. doi: 10.1300/J045v03n03_05.
Over the past decade there has been a significant shift in the language used by the Reagan and Bush administrations in the fight against youthful drug abuse. We believe this shift reflects a change both in the "moral climate" regarding drug use as well as a reconceptualization of the appropriate way to confront the issue--the "just say no" philosophy. This paper will first provide a brief sociological overview of the emergence of adolescent drug use as a major social problem. We will then document, through an examination of government-sponsored literature on drug use produced over the past 10 years, the changes in conceptual focus that have occurred and consider some of the potential negative consequences of these changes for education.
在过去十年里，里根和布什政府在打击青少年药物滥用问题上所使用的语言发生了重大转变。我们认为，这种转变既反映了关于药物使用的“道德氛围”的变化，也反映了应对该问题的适当方式的重新概念化——即“坚决说不”的理念。本文将首先简要介绍青少年药物使用作为一个主要社会问题出现的社会学概况。然后，我们将通过审视过去十年政府资助的关于药物使用的文献，记录所发生的概念重点的变化，并思考这些变化对教育可能产生的一些负面后果。
