Soft and Tough Strategies of Social Control Drug Use

«Soft» and «tough» social control strategies and social attitudes toward drug addicts are discussed in the article. The risks of criminalizing of drug users increase the latency of their community, hindering prevention of drug addiction. The article presents an assessment of the effectiveness of soft and tough social strategies of drug addicts in the minds of the Russian regional society – the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra (KhMAO-Ugra). Although supporters of «soft tactics» remain a minority, their share is growing, forming social support for the transition from punitive methods of counteracting drug use to the priority of social prevention and human rights protection.

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social control, drug addiction, drug use control, forced treatment, social prevention

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12.12.2018

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12.12.2018

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GOST	Chevtaeva N., Kachanova E., Nikitina A. «Soft» and «Tough» Strategies of Social Control Drug Use // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2018. – Issue 11 C. 152-156 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s207751800000072-8-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002795-7
MLA	Chevtaeva, Nataliya, Kachanova, Elena, Nikitina, Alena "«Soft» and «Tough» Strategies of Social Control Drug Use." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 11 (2018):152-156. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002795-7
APA	Chevtaeva N., Kachanova E., Nikitina A. (2018). «Soft» and «Tough» Strategies of Social Control Drug Use. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (11), pp.152-156 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250002795-7

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