Analysis of Illicit Drug Use as a Normal Youth Leisure Activity

This essay delves into the complex issue of illicit drug use as a potential normal aspect of youth leisure time, primarily focusing on the situation in the UK. It begins by introducing the normalization thesis, which posits that drug use has become more accepted and integrated into the lives of young people. The essay then critiques this thesis, examining its limitations and potential negative impacts on individuals and society. Furthermore, it explores modifications and reviews of the original normalization thesis, including the concept of bounded normalization, which seeks to restrict and control drug use. The essay also analyzes how drug use patterns among young people have changed since the 1990s, considering factors such as changing attitudes, availability, and the influence of other substances like alcohol. Ultimately, the essay considers whether the use of illicit drugs can be considered a normal feature of youth leisure time, weighing the evidence and providing a nuanced perspective on this important social issue, with references to various academic sources.

Illicit drug use is a normal
aspect of youth leisure time

Table of Contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Normalization thesis....................................................................................................................3
Criticisms of Normalization thesis..............................................................................................4
The modofication and reviewed of the original normalization...................................................4
Bounded normalization...............................................................................................................5
Drug uses amongst young people altered since the 1990s..........................................................5
Use of illicit drugs is a normal feature of youth leisure time .....................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
In the trwenty first century, the uses of drug is a very normal aspect of youth. The
activities of drug uses are enhacing day by day. It is a very normal for the youth to consume drug
and its also a treding activity now a days. Illicit drug use and its experience is a very usual for the
young people in UK. It affect the youth culture in the country. Acording to the survey, the
variosu aspects of drug influecne the lifestlye and social structure of the people and country. The
illicit drug uses are enhancing becasue of structural and cultural changes, development of
mordernity and developing emphasis on leisure. This report will include the normalization thesis
and its criticisms and also highlight the modification in normalization thesis and bounded
normalization. This report will also state that the alteration of drug uses amongst young people
since the 1990s and disscussion about the uses of drug is a normal feature or a marginal issue.
MAIN BODY
Normalization thesis
Normalization thesis means that the usual behaviours of the young people towards the
uses of drug. If the audience are constant and are not deviance by this diverse activities and
behaviours of young people that it can define as a normal. In UK the consumption of the drug
has become very normal for many young people, By this they will become deviants (Spilková.,
2015). Non drug trying youngster are minimum in the country and Youth culture deeply
emerging in this. Drug uses becomes a part of the process of growth in youngsters and that all
problems and issues occurs because of their inattentive parents. The constantly drug uses is
basically unusual and dangerous for the young people. The drug use also a part of young people
life and is becoming normalized amongst the Youth. In the UK various actions taken to diversify
the soft drug culture and hard drug culture. The acceptance of the drug culture is very trending
for youth. The heroin and soft drug culture has become acceptable and fashionable amongst the
young people. Drug using has become a essentail part of young people and important part of the
lifestyle even of schoolchildren. According to the survey, New UK is much better than earlier to
evaluate extent of illicit drug use. The open-minded attitude of taking drug use as a normal part
of leisure in growingly widespread in youth (Sznitman and Taubman., 2016). Opposite to the
traditional system of drug use as a private activity, leisure drug use is recognize as usual, rather

than deviant in the young people. For the youngsters, drug use is outlying but normal aspect of
lifestyle and free times consumption.
Criticisms of Normalization thesis
When the systems of youth consumption are changing, it would be inaccurate to suggest
that this change is equivalent to the normalization of drug use. Accroding to the survey, the drug
uses and the age of people are linked. The normalization of drug use in the Uk affects the culture
and society of the country (Coomber, Moyle and South., 2016). It also influcne the lifestlye and
the way of living of people. It can froce the country's youth towards the drug use and also
encourage them. The normalization of drug are enhancing within a short period. The government
of UK also take various action to reduce its diverse impact. Vaiorus domestic factors are affected
by the increasing drug uses in the country. Drug use becomes a habit of young people. In several
parties and events, drug use is very common in young people. Drug use normalization is a
process by which young people acepted drug as a normative behaviour. The changes in trends of
drug use develops a normalization aspect. There are vairous negatives results are occurs due to
uses, it can redued the work effeciency and also creates many diseases. Drug uses becomes a
very hebitual activity for a young people in UK. It becomes a necessity for youth. Now a days,
approximately maximum youth of the country are engaged in the use of drug. It also affect the
economy condition of the UK and create its huge impacts on the democrcy of the city.
Normalization of drug use also decrese the effectiveness reduced the dynamic situation of the
country. It can lower the economic situation as compared to other country.
In the UK, generally people adicted towards the drug uses and its is very common in ths
young prople and even in schoolchildren. Huge drug uses can decrease the immunity power of
people and it also influce the mental stability of a person(Green., 2016 ). It can affects the
working ability of whole body parts. Uk goernment take necessary actions for decresing its
impacts and make various rules and policies for it.
The modofication and reviewed of the original normalization
In the 1990s, the drug use and drug trying very ordinary in the young people. The
emerging uses of heroin was the major crisis for the country. The huge expansion in the use of
drug is a very normative for the youth. In the UK, the researcher develops a theory about the
ilicit drugs. There were various reason of normalization of drug use that an enhnace in the
accessibilty and availability of illicit drug, an increase in 'trying' rates of drug, increased frequent

use of some illicit drug, high level of knowledge of drug, intention of future to use drug and
cultural accomodation of use of illicit drug. The normalization thesis is th most important
theoritical developments that involved in the young people. The significantly increse the use of
drug is experienced in the UK by young people of different ethical background, class and gender.
According to the modification and reviewed in the original normalization, the recreational use of
illicit drug has become ordinary among the young people (Ravn and Duff., 2015). This thesis is
explored by UK researchers and analysis that normalization of drug use is rectricted to a specific
sections of public. The current development of the normalization of drug use is that the people's
consiousness about the health factor and they move to the opposite direction from it. As per the
modification, the normalization turn in the denormalization and the people awareness arisen for
health development and growth. Normalization theory os different from the psychological and
criminological theories.
Bounded normalization
Bounded normalization means it the country restrict the normalization of drug use. By
which country can conduct various actions to bound and restrict the young people for drug use. It
is a effective step that can be take by the various authorities to reduced the uses of drug. It is a
great approach by which country can create a restriction on the drug use. It can also decrese the
normalization behaviour of young peole towards the drug use. It can control the usage of drug
and also creates a necessary berriers for that (Coomber, Moyle and South., 2016). Government of
UK take essential actions to develop a restriction for the huge usage of drug and the normalize
behavious of people towards it. The normalization of drug use tranformed in denormalization. It
is also emerges many berriers for the accessebility and availability of the drug.
Drug uses amongst young people altered since the 1990s
Since the 1990s there are various alteration occurs in the drug use by young people. Some
young people switch towards the alcohol use in 2000. The use of drug created various issues for
the country such as increase crime and fears amongst the population of the country. It also casue
a loss of traditional value and country's sustainability in another countries. Till the 2000, several
young people alter its preference from the drug to alcohol. Drug includes varoius substains that
can create a huge harm to the person's physical and mental health. Accroding to the survey, the
generation of youth has changed theri mind and decrese the drug use (Järvinen and Room.,

2017). The normalization of drug use are decresing time to time and now it becomes a
denormalization.
Use of Illicit drug has not been converted in a way that is often expected. Because the
drug use generated high effects and influnces on the population and country. It can also give its
diverse impact on the high performance system. The changing trend amongst the youth can also
reflect the alteration in the use of drug. Now, The use of drug is decresed because they are
become more aware about their health. In the present scenerio, various deseases are occurss due
to consumption of drugs. People are switching towards the alcohol because it has a less
hazardeous substains as compared to drug. Till the 2017, youth of the UK extremely reduced the
usage of drug and converted towards the consumption of alcohol and sof drink (Lepp, Li Barkley
and Salehi-Esfahani., 2015).
Use of illicit drugs is a normal feature of youth leisure time
The drug use is a intergral part of the life of young people and it is becoming a normal
feature amongst the Youth in UK. The undertaking of the drug culture is becomes a huge trend
for young generation. The heroin and other high drugs has become polular and fashionable
amongst the youth (Pennay., 2015.). Taking Drug has become a vital part of young people in UK
culture. Illicit drug is a normal feature because they have a habitual behaviours towards the use
of drug. The audience of UK are not deviance by the diverse activities of young people and their
behaviours then it described that drug use is a normal feature. The repeatedly drug uses is
dangerous for the youth generation. The free minded attitude of using the drug creates a
normalization of drug use. It become an important part of the lifestyle of the schoolchildren also.
The consumption of the drug has been become a normal for young people. Young people in the
UK use the drug and other hazadeous substain in a very normal way. All the releted activities is
very common for the youth of UK. The emerging trends and fashion towards the consumption of
drug encourage the young people towards it. The high appreciation of drug create a
normalization thesis for the drug use. After the busy schedule, the youngster wants something
that can refresh them, so the approachness towards the drug increased. The high acceptance and
accessebilty of drug makes a normalization culture for the drug.
In the leisure time, young people always want to relex and enjoy the time. Drug use is
very normal and they use it in their leisure time (Edland-Gryt, Sandberg and Pedersen., 2017). In

the UK, almost every young people use the drug and related things. It is very general for the
youth to use drug because its theri first preference.
CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is simmerized that the uses of drug is a very common aspect of
youth. The use of drug is increasing within a specific period. It is a normal for the young people
to use drug. In the youngsters it is a treding activity. The experience of uses Illicit drug is a very
normal for the young people in UK. Drug use affects the lifestlye and structure of the country's
people. The use of illicit drug are increasing becasue of several reasons such as mordenity of
society, cultural changes and huge expectation in human mind. The use of drug create their huge
duverse impacts on the young people. It can reduced the work effeciency of a person, reduced
productivity, decrease immunity power and also affect their physical and mental health. It can
create mental disorder and create its various negative results.

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