Behavioural Pharmacology of Alcohol on the Innu Population in Davis Inlet Although the main focus of the documentary about Davis Inlet was the gas sniffing in children, the underlying theme observed through out the documentary was addiction. The adults in Davis Inlet were addicted to alcohol, while their children were addicted to the high from sniffing gasoline. Children seemed to start gas sniffing due to the neglect and the dysfunctional environment in their homes when their parents drank. The gas acted as a gateway drug to drugs and alcohol later on in life thereby perpetuating the cycle of addiction within this community. While helping the children into rehabilitation for gas sniffing may seem like the most obvious course of action, helping the parents with their alcohol addiction first may prove to be a better choice. Policymakers should therefore
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Boredom registers and communicates feelings of social marginality, serving as a justification for nonattentiveness, lack of involvment, and ineptness (Jervis, Spicer, & Manson, 2003). Being a nomadic people, the Innu were used to travelling, hunting, and fishing as part of their lifestyle. Forcing such people onto a small island off the mainland, and therefore cutting them off from their way of life, would induce boredom. According to a study by Patrick and Schulenberg (2010) conduced on high school students, individuals that use alcohol to alleviate boredom are at higher risk for increased binge drinking in comparison to those that use alcohol to have a good time, for which supporting evidence can clearly be seen in the Innu population. As well, research by Jervis et al. (2003) about the people of Grass Creek reservation, a members who have been leading an active lifestyle (i.e. following the traditional ways of living, helping youth, working on community building, etc.) report less susceptibility to get in “trouble” (drugs, alcohol, and
Boredom registers and communicates feelings of social marginality, serving as a justification for nonattentiveness, lack of involvment, and ineptness (Jervis, Spicer, & Manson, 2003). Being a nomadic people, the Innu were used to travelling, hunting, and fishing as part of their lifestyle. Forcing such people onto a small island off the mainland, and therefore cutting them off from their way of life, would induce boredom. According to a study by Patrick and Schulenberg (2010) conduced on high school students, individuals that use alcohol to alleviate boredom are at higher risk for increased binge drinking in comparison to those that use alcohol to have a good time, for which supporting evidence can clearly be seen in the Innu population. As well, research by Jervis et al. (2003) about the people of Grass Creek reservation, a members who have been leading an active lifestyle (i.e. following the traditional ways of living, helping youth, working on community building, etc.) report less susceptibility to get in “trouble” (drugs, alcohol, and