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By shifting from the view that drug and alcohol use is a disease, social workers have been granted more flexibility in their invention with substance users. Discuss.
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Assignment Title: By shifting from the view that drug and alcohol use is a disease, social workers have been granted more flexibility in their invention with substance users. Discuss. For purposes of clarification, the term 'substance users' throughout this essay will denote problematic drug users whose problems cause physical and mental harm to themselves, or to their families and children, neighbours, communities and the broader society regardless of the legal status of the drug. After all, the principles involved in working with addictive behaviours for social workers remain the same, whatever the substance involved. There are many who use legal drugs in much the same way that others use illegal substances in the sense that they can cause themselves or others significant harm. Therefore, the concept of 'drugs' will be extended to incorporate alcohol, tobacco, solvents, and over-the-counter prescription drugs. This question suggests that it is beneficial for Social Workers to have greater flexibility...
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