Drug culture

group is superior. It is also viewing foreign groups and cultures from the perspective of one’s own. Religion is one of in the main source of ethnocentrism. This is much different than a healthy sense of patriotism (Reimer 2017), which is strong support for one’s country, because it is generally more likely to cause issues between people pertaining to different races and ethnicities. Both stereotyping and ethnocentrism involve viewing other cultures from an outside perspective and creating…

Indigenous health? What ‘connection to country’ strategies could you implement in? a. An inner-city drug and alcohol recovery centre- Drug and Alcohol recovery centre is an essential intervention in an inner city as, data shows the percentage of indigenous people using abused drugs and alcohol is high when comparing with other Australians. But the Geographical area, where this inner-city drug and alcohol recovery centre is situated is highly concerned in determining the strategies. According…

A counterculture is a sub-culture which corresponds an antithetical mode of thought, conduct and attitude in comparison to conventional societal norms and predominant cultural standards. A counterculture is intrinsically an alteration voicing the ideology and objective of a particular populace or cultural group. It’s a desire and pursuit to bring about a change in the cultural system when disappointed by the continuing, established cultural mentality. The critical mass plays an extensive role in…

Around the world, various cultures perform rituals at monumental stages of one's life. Numerous occasions such as marriages and birthdays are ritualized and have distinct celebratory traditions that are unique to specific cultures and groups. In particular, the transformation of a person from an ordinary citizen to a warrior, has many unique and diverse celebrations and responses. Cultures around the world acknowledge this transformation through celebratory traditions often including dancing,…

Current Australian culture boasts its diverse equality in a time of multiculturalism across the country building a large minority of citizens. But many contradictions to this exist in the law and in communities. A large issue is the inequality thrust upon indigenous youth in Australia, being some of the last living descendants of the original citizens of this nation, it seems logical that they would receive the same treatment as every other citizen of Australia let alone the tools needed to…

locations similar to Aboriginal injection drug users (IDUs) in Saskatchewan. These studies are completed in a range of locations and with target populations that are comparable to Aboriginal IDUs in Saskatchewan. To target individuals, one must focus on individual knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and skills. Strathdee et al. conducted a study to greater understand needle sharing in Vancouver (1997). This case-control study evaluated inquiries focused on drug use, sexual behaviours, source of…

mega pharmaceutical companies such as GlaxoSmithKline brought depression and its cures into the Japanese culture. Dr. Laurence Kirmayer had first-hand experience with the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and their marketing of the antidepressant pill Paxil in Japan. GlaxoSmithKline did not and could not just introduce antidepressant medication into Japan. Japanese people would not accept the drug and more specifically, would not accept the disease. The Japanese had a different conception of…

This paper will examine how the film: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) contains ideas which are formed around popular culture. Popular culture is defined as the sum of cultural things such as music, fashion, cyber culture, television and media that society follows (Crossman, 2016). The first topic that will be explained is how status, power, money and drugs affected the main character, Jordan Belfort. The second topic will be regarding the sexual objectification of females and how females were…

course of Sex and Gander can help give an insight on the different types of ethnographies that exist throughout the world. Ethnography can be defined as the scientific description of the customs of individual people and cultures. Understanding all the different types of cultures and how they function with sex and gender can help someone understand them more because they may not be so closed minded as they once may have been. It can help understand the concept of gender and the factors that…

unfavourable set of circumstances. To begin with, patterns of work in Cabramatta have changed dramatically over time. Different cultures bring different requirements and wants. Upon arrival the Vietnamese struggled to settle into Australian society with economic hardship, and high unemployment rates due to the Recession at that time. In 1992, Cabramatta was known as drug central.…