this is an empirical example of identity politics in combating drug abuse

What is it about?

Taking the spiritual use of ganja as a point of reference, this article uncovers an underlying identity politics between the dominant discourses of public health and welfare and the marginalized discourses produced by addicts. It finds that ganja users, through their regular use of the substance, create a social space for themselves and thus reclaim a ​positive social identity that directly contradicts the discourses of the dominant culture.

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