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... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > drugs and society > drug policy > drug trade and trafficking > set and setting
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug trade and trafficking > set and setting
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > deviance > drugs and society > drug policy > drug trade and trafficking > set and setting

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set and setting  

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  • Pharmacological activity greatly determines the effects experienced from drugs, but nonpharmacological factors also can have a profound influence on the occurrence of specific drug effects. The two most important nonpharmacological factors are user set and setting, primary factors in what Norman Zinberg referred to as controlled drug use. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Set and Setting]

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