Bruce Alexander on alternative views of addiction

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Bruce Alexander
Bruce Alexander
Location: The Globalisation of Addiction
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VIDEO NUMBER:
218
CATEGORY:
Future / Public Service Reform
DATE ADDED:
03-09-2009
DESCRIPTION
Bruce talks about a paradigm shift from the 'official' view of drug use. He talks about 'dislocation'. People have to part of a community, family, value system, spiritual beliefs... 'if people don't belong they are hurting...in the sense they are not going to be contributing..'
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Footnotes
1) Book: The Globalisation of Addiction [Bruce K Alexander 2008]
2) Book: Visual Language [Robert E Horn 1998]
Book: Visual Language
MacroVU Press
[Robert E Horn 1998] 
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