Management Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Int J Drug Policy. 2013 May;24(3):223-30. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.12.005. Epub 2013 Jan 24.
This article joins a growing chorus of researchers who doubt the utility of the concept of peer pressure for explaining young people's initiation to and use of drugs. Drawing on interview data with 45 patrons of a youth drop-in centre in Ottawa, Canada, we argue that drug use is more intricately woven into friendship - affective relationships of trust and intimacy, belonging and sharing - rather than simply part of the unidirectional pressures some young people put on others to fit in to a subculture. Marginalized young people's narratives show that drugs and alcohol furnish them with a relatively inexpensive pastime to share with friends, introducing opportunities for intimacy that are otherwise difficult to attain at the individualistic and isolating margins of neoliberal cities. We demonstrate how young drug users draw boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable relationships to drugs and alcohol, articulating an important sense of belonging to a superior group of drug users. Through this 'borderwork', they solidify the bonds they share with the people with whom they smoke cannabis and drink alcohol.
这篇文章加入了越来越多的研究人员的行列，他们对用同辈压力的概念来解释年轻人开始使用毒品的原因表示怀疑。本文通过对加拿大渥太华一家青年活动中心的 45 名顾客进行访谈，得出的结论是，与一些年轻人为了融入亚文化而对他人施加的单向压力不同，吸毒更多地与友谊交织在一起，即信任和亲密、归属感和分享等情感关系。边缘化的年轻人的叙述表明，毒品和酒精为他们提供了一种相对廉价的与朋友分享的娱乐方式，为他们提供了亲密的机会，否则在新自由主义城市个人主义和孤立的边缘，这些机会很难获得。我们展示了年轻的吸毒者如何在可接受和不可接受的毒品和酒精使用之间划清界限，表达了对一个优越的吸毒者群体的归属感。通过这种“边界工作”，他们巩固了与吸食大麻和饮酒的人的关系。
