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  • Social Sciences
  • Human Geography
  • Drug Studies

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  • Human geographers have pioneered "assemblage thinking" across social sciences.
  • This model has been applied in original empirical studies.
  • Contemporary drug studies can benefit from this theoretical framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the conceptual, methodological, and procedural implications of assemblage thinking for drug studies.
  • To propose focusing on the integration of social, affective, and material forces within assemblages for analyzing drug problems.
  • To explore the potential of assemblage as a new unit of analysis in drug studies.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of assemblage thinking.
  • Review of social, affective, and material nodes within assemblages.
  • Exploration of novel empirical assessments inspired by assemblage theory.

Main Results:

  • Assemblage thinking provides a useful lens for analyzing drug problems.
  • Focusing on the convergence of social, affective, and material forces offers new analytical pathways.
  • The assemblage concept may supersede traditional units of analysis like 'subject' and 'social context'.

Conclusions:

  • Assemblage thinking offers a valuable and innovative framework for contemporary drug studies.
  • Integrating social, affective, and material components enhances the analysis of drug problems.
  • The assemblage unit of analysis holds potential to advance drug research methodologies.