Heath, Dwight

Heath, Dwight B. 1995. "An Anthropological View of Alcohol and Culture in Internationa) Perspective." In International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture, edited by Dwight B. Heath. Westport, Conn. Greenwood. 

Moene shows that if potential drug consumers have conformist preferences of this kind, accidents of history can determine whether a society ends up in a high-use equilibrium or a low-use equilibrium. Beliefs and social norms are irrelevant for the outcome. Many other aspects of addiction are highly norm dependent, however, as is illustrated by variations in the use of alcohol. Drawing heavily on the essays in Dwight Heath (1995), I focus on this substance, although i occasionally touch on other substances and behaviors as well. 

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