SOCIOISTORIJSKI KONTEKST UPOTREBE DROGA - OD MARGINALNE POJAVE DO GLOBALNOG FENOMENA
SOCIO-HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF DRUG USE - FROM MARGINAL POINT TO THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON

Summary/Abstract: The industrialization and modernization of society, the development of large cities and megalopolises, the urban way of life, the migration of the population and the mixing of cultures and custom on one hand, and the enormous gap between the rich and the poor, wars, uncertain future and the general picture of humanity on the other, are characteristics of time we live. In addition to the undeniable progress in a large number of spheres of human life, such a rhythm of change has influenced the emergence and development of many problems in modern world, such as social and economic insecurity, unemployment, urban overpopulation. All this has contributed to the development of different lifestyles and forms of behavior that deviate from the generally accepted and conventional norms of life. Among other things, the recognizable features of this modern society include pathological events that are detrimental for both the individual and the society thet include alcoholism, prostitution, trafficking in human beings, pedophilia and drug abuse. The use and abuse of drugs, its place and role in a particular society has changed throughout history. Sometimes the drug was mainly used for magical, ritual and healing purposes. The use of drugs today has become a mass phenomenon, especially since, in a rather sophisticated form and legally, it is used as a medicine. In this article we will look at the socio-historical context of the use of drugs in society, that is, the process of transition from a marginal occurrence to the global sociopathological phenomenon.

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