Social Identification and the Use of Marijuana

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The careful observations of Becker (1963), Blumer (1967), and Boughey (1967) have suggested that the use of marijuana is a behavior which is socially motivated, socially reinforced, and socially controlled. Not only is the drug obtained from others and smoked with others, but these “others” have the responsibility and power for teaching the rookie how to smoke it, how to enjoy it, and how the drug will be used or enjoyed in the future. What therefore becomes an interesting research question and the topic of this paper is the social character of persons who become recruited into drug-using circles as compared to the social character of those who do not, and why differences may arise.

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