PUMPKINS

 

Secretary - Maja

Time-keeper - Kity

Leader - Mojca

Reporter - Kaja

Reserve persone - Tina

 

 

 

 

  

Source: www.designingonline.com/.../spiritual_drugs.jpg     

 

DRUGS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE

 

 

Drugs are more and more present in our society, especially among young people, because drugs can nowadays easily be bought around every corner. There are multiple reasons for using drugs, for example out of boredom, curiosity or fun, one of the main reasons can also be problems in everyday life.

 

The constantly changing life-style causes stress, personal and professional problems, life is becoming chaotical, distracted and in many cases this results in using drugs. But this is not the final or main problem, this is just the tip of the iceberg - because many people who already did come clean, due to the course of rehab, start using drugs again because they cannot foundate their life without drugs.

 

We will focus on reasons for using drugs, relationship between drug user and other people (family, friends, society) and the course of rehab and its efficiency. Further on we will present heroin user, make an interview with him, then present our findings and offer possible solution.

 

 

10 research questions:

 

 

1. How common is using drugs in Slovenia?

 

2. In which circumstances people mostly start using drugs?

 

3. Which are the main reasons for using drugs?

 

4. In which population is drug abuse most present?

 

5. How people (family, friends, society) treat drug abusers?

 

6. Where are drug users buying drugs and how accessible are they?

 

7. Which drug is most popular in Slovenia?

 

8. How the course of treatment / rehab is running?

 

9. How many previous users are getting back on the same track after being in rehab?

 

10. How can we effectively help such people to cut the magic circle of addiction?

 

 

Ouestions:

1., 7. - Maja

2., 10. - Kaja

3., 8. - Kity

4., 9.- Mojca

5., 6. - Tina

 

 

 

List of literature

 

Dekleva, Bojan (1997): Paradigma zmanjševanja škode kot politika droge. Revija MREŽA DROG, št. 2-4, Ljubljana.

 

Flaker, Vito (2002), Živeti s heroinom I.: Družbena konstrukcija uživalca v Sloveniji. Založba /*cf., Ljubljana

 

Fritz-Kunc, Marinka (2005): Janov krik. Prešernova družba, Ljubljana

 

Milčinski, Lev (1986): Droge v svetu in pri nas, Delavska enotnost, Ljubljana

 

Sande, Matej (2004): Uporaba drog v družbi tveganj - vpliv varovalnih dejavnikov in dejavnikov tveganja. Pedagoška fakulteta, Ljubljana

 

Schlaadt, Richard (1994): Drugs: Use, Misuse and Abuse. Englewood Cliffs, New Yersey

 

Vodopivec, Katja; Vilfan, Jože (1975): Kaj vemo o drogah. Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana

 

 

 

 

GLOSSARY

 

 

abstainers – vzdrzneži

enhancing – povečati

 

illicit drugs – prepovedane droge

inebrians - opojne snovi

inclulcate – vcepiti

morbidity – obolevnost

sensory deprivation - senzorna deprivacija

soporifics – uspavala

susceptible – dovzeten

untenable – nevzdržen

withdrawal – umik

 

 

 

 

 

 pumpkins report

 

 

 

Minutes of the 1st meeting »Pumpkins«

 

held on 21 February, 2008 at Šumi

 

 

Present: Mojca, Maja, Kity, Kaja, Tina

 

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

 

1. Action-item follow up

 

2. Distribution of tasks

 

3. Any other business

 

 

Item 1:

 

Key point of our meeting is finding a topic for our project. Kity suggested that our project would be joined with “Sociology of every day life” class. Kaja proposed that our topic could be alcoholism because it is so common in everyday life. Tina suggested that our theme could be anorexia. Mojca suggested that our real-life problem would be how to prevent using drugs in every day life. Maja recommended that we could have an interview with a former drug user. We also talked about animals in shelters.

 

 

Item 2:

 

Discussion:

 

We had a discussion about all propositions. We commonly rejected the topic about alcoholism, anorexia and animals in shelters. We accepted theme about drug-users problem. For additional changes we will consult with prof. Rener so we will see how our topic will collide with her suggestions because till today she has not decided anything / she is not familiar with our project.

 

Decision:

 

Our theme will be '' Drugs in everyday life''. We accepted reluctantly proposal for an interview. But we will  know more when prof. Rener will tell us her point of view and when we will find and study literature.

 

Assignments:

 

Tina will search for internet sources about our topic.

 

Kity will search for literature in library.

 

Kaja will try to find a person with drug experiences.

 

Maja will take care for the wiki page during our research.

 

Mojca will take notes on our meetings and take care for deadlines.

 

Item 3:

 

Second agenda item on the next meeting will be the main question about our topic and hypotesis. We will try to come closer to the solution of our problem.

 

 

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 28 February, 2008 at 10 a.m. at FDV library.

 

 

Minutes taker: Mojca

 

Chair: Maja

 

Minutes of the 2nd meeting »Pumpkins«

 

 

held on 28 February, 2008 at FDV library

 

Present: Mojca, Maja, Kity, Kaja, Tina

Absent: /

 

Agenda:

 

1. defining the problem

2. defining research questions and creating list of literature

 

 

 

Item 1:

 

 We discussed what will be our specific topic. We decided that we will research what can be done that drug user will not return on his previous path of addiction.

 

 

Item 2:

 

We constructed 10 questions which are more general but they will help us solve our main problem and than we created list of literature.

 

Assignments

 

Kity will study book called Janov krik.

Mojca will look up for a book Živeti s heroinom by Vito Flaker.

Kaja will check internet pages about organizations which are linked to drugs.

Maja will search for more researches about using drugs.

Tina will find more literature in library and try to connect people that are in some way involved with drugs.

 

The next meeting will be held on Thursday, 6. March 2008 at 10 AM at Šumi.

 

Minutes taker: Kity

Chair: Kaja

 

 

 

 

Minutes of the 3rd meeting »Pumpkins«

 

held on 6 March, 2008 at Šumi

 

 

 

Present: Mojca, Maja, Kity, Kaja,

 

Absent: /

 

 

 

Agenda:

 

 

 

1. Action-item follow up

 

2. Distribution of tasks

 

3. Any other business

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1:

 

 

 

We were creating glossary and translated 10 unknown words.

 

 

 

Item 2:

 

 

 

Discussion:

 

We started writing introduction and focused on our research methods.

 

 

Decision:

 

We decided to use method of analysis of secondary literature. We added new literature and withdraw one book:Goldberg, Raymond - Taking Sides : Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Drugs and Society,  which cannot be found in the library, because it is lost.

 

 

 

Assignments:

 

Every group member had to find 2 unknown words, which we will use in our research project. We also divided chapters for our project, and decided that Kity will write chapter about reasons why people are using drugs, Kaja will create a chapter about drugs in Slovenia, Tina will present drug users and their relationship with family, friends…, Maja will write about course of rehab, Mojca will write an introduction and summarised chapters in conclusion.

 

 

 

Item 3:

 

 

 

Next agenda item on the next meeting will be the revising the written chapters.

 

 

 

The next meeting will be held on Sunday, 9. March, 2008 at 8 p.m. at Kity’s apartment.

 

 

 

 

 

Minutes taker: Mojca

 

 

 

Chair: Maja