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    The document discusses a documentary called "Swansea Love Story" that investigates the culture of addiction in Swansea, Wales. Swansea has experienced hard economic times that have hit the coastal city. The documentary displays addiction at both the individual and community-wide levels, and examines general feelings about issues like needle exchanges, methadone treatment, and the role of the capitalist economy in perpetuating addiction. It also prompts discussion around clips from the documentary regarding topics like young women dancing and whether it's part of an addictive culture, the challenges facing recovering addicts in finding work, and assigning blame for addiction.

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    The document discusses a documentary called "Swansea Love Story" that investigates the culture of addiction in Swansea, Wales. Swansea has experienced hard economic times that have hit the coastal city. The documentary displays addiction at both the individual and community-wide levels, and examines general feelings about issues like needle exchanges, methadone treatment, and the role of the capitalist economy in perpetuating addiction. It also prompts discussion around clips from the documentary regarding topics like young women dancing and whether it's part of an addictive culture, the challenges facing recovering addicts in finding work, and assigning blame for addiction.

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    Investigating The Culture of Addiction Swansea Love Story Non Media

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    The document discusses a documentary called "Swansea Love Story" that investigates the culture of addiction in Swansea, Wales. Swansea has experienced hard economic times that have hit the coastal city. The documentary displays addiction at both the individual and community-wide levels, and examines general feelings about issues like needle exchanges, methadone treatment, and the role of the capitalist economy in perpetuating addiction. It also prompts discussion around clips from the documentary regarding topics like young women dancing and whether it's part of an addictive culture, the challenges facing recovering addicts in finding work, and assigning blame for addiction.

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    Investigating the Culture of

    Addiction

    Swansea Love Story


    SWANSEA LOVE STORY

    COASTAL CITY IN WALES

    HIT BY HARD ECONOMICS TIMES

    DISPLAYS THE CULTURE OF ADDICTION

    BOTH MICRO (individual(s) AND MACRO (community as


    a whole)
    INQUIRY QUESTIONS:
    CLIP 1

    General feelings?

    How might capitalist economy / society perpetuate


    addiction?

    Opinions about needle exchange / methadone?

    What do make of our hooded user? Can we see the


    whole culture? (Crack recreationally)?
    Swansea Love Story: Clip 2

    Which is it - society or people?

    Is there anything wrong with young ladies dancing?


    Is it a slippery slope - part of the culture of addiction?

    Racism / economics / what is going on? Is about the


    person or society or community as a whole?
    Swansea Love Story: Clip3

    What do we think about Clint? Will he stay clean?


    Opinions?

    Feelings about selling heroine/crack considering the


    lack of jobs?

    Feelings - a culture of depravity and interpersonal


    violence? WOW!
    Swansea Love Story: Clip 4
    Is this true? - if I new how heroine was I wouldn’t
    have tried it?

    Whose to blame - the trap of the drug culture, the


    individual, society, something else?

    Pain and misery?

    Going to be the best daddy go-in...

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