Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs (SoRAD), Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Sep;24(5):464-70. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.01.002. Epub 2013 Feb 28.
The drug problem has been a highly ideologized topic in the political debate in Sweden ever since the mid-1960s. The aim of the article is to investigate dominant conceptions of drugs, drug use, society and the individual in the political discussions on drug use in Sweden during the years 1965-1981.
The empirical basis for the textual analysis consists of 146 parliamentary bills and 135 parliamentary protocols.
The unwanted drug appear as a sensitive litmus paper, an indication that something had gone wrong in society and as a suggestion of how the good society could be accomplished. The drug problem was connected to ideological core values such as class struggle, Christianity or criticism of urbanism and modernity.
The analysis suggests that the drug problem was used as political ammunition, to pick holes in political opponents and to highlight one's own ideological stance. The hegemonic conversational order, the consensual spirit and the agreement that this was the most serious problem, did not hamper these political moves. Rather, the cross-party conception of the problem's severity and accelerating deterioration contributed to a common ground for political arguments and ideological visions. It also meant that the political discussions moved away from the more obvious drug policy issues.
自 20 世纪 60 年代中期以来，毒品问题一直是瑞典政治辩论中高度意识形态化的话题。本文旨在调查 1965 年至 1981 年期间瑞典关于毒品使用的政治讨论中，关于毒品、吸毒、社会和个人的主流观念。
文本分析的实证基础包括 146 项议会法案和 135 项议会协议。
不受欢迎的毒品似乎是一个敏感的试金石，表明社会出了问题，并暗示如何才能实现美好社会。毒品问题与阶级斗争、基督教或对城市主义和现代性的批判等意识形态核心价值观联系在一起。
分析表明，毒品问题被用作政治弹药，用来攻击政治对手，并突出自己的意识形态立场。霸权性的对话秩序、共识精神以及对这是最严重问题的一致看法，并没有阻碍这些政治举措。相反，党派间对问题严重性和加速恶化的共识，为政治争论和意识形态愿景提供了共同基础。这也意味着政治讨论偏离了更明显的毒品政策问题。
