Write short essays on these four (4) questions.
1. Explain Zinberg’s theory of ‘drug’, ‘set’ and ‘setting’? What insights does it provide into the problem of drug abuse?

2. Is the extent and duration of a drug’s action determined solely by its pharmacology?
3. What are the characteristics of ‘ethnographic’ studies of drug use? In what circumstances are they useful? Do they have limitations?
4. Explain why tobacco is so heavily used and widely available drugs in the contemporary world, despite its well-known effects on the health of users?
Some readings you can refer to but also do own research: