Drug culture

Drug culturesare examples ofcounterculturesthat are primarily defined byspiritual,medical,andrecreational drug use.They may be focused on a single drug, or endorsepolydruguse. They sometimes eagerly or reluctantly initiate newcomers, but their main functions are to share drug experiences, toreduce harmby providing knowledge of how to use drugs as safely as possible, and to exchange information on suppliers and avoidance oflaw enforcement.

Drug subcultures are groups of people united by a common understanding of the meaning, value, and risks of the incorporation into one's life of the drug(s) in question. Such unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules ofetiquette,groups banding together to help each other obtain drugs and avoid arrest,^[1]to full-scalepolitical movementsfor the reform ofdrug laws.^[2]The sum of these parts can be considered an individual drug's "culture".

Many artists, writers, and musicians have used various drugs to facilitate or enhance theircreativity.Writers have explored their influence on human life in general and particularly on the creative process. There are many writings that portray drug culture.Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novelFear and Loathing in Las Vegasemploys multiple drug use as a major theme and provides an example of thedrug culture of the 1960s.

After various drug cultures came to prominence during the 1960s, 1980s and early 2000s, theinternetprovided a new location and medium where drug cultures could be born and propagate. Technologies likeTorwere able to offer anonymouswebsite hostingandbrowsing,which were used for the creation of thedarknet market SilkRoad,the first of many to be used in the sale of psychoactive substances and otherillegal goods.There areYouTubechannels devoted to recreational drug use and harm reduction, with the most popular being PsychedSubstance. Except for forums (likeBlue Light) where individuals can post and discuss the properties and experiences ofpsychoactive substances,there are websites and organizations specifically created to serve asencyclopediasof psychoactive drugs and drug culture, such asErowidand PsychonautWiki.

Drinking culture

Alcohol(also known as ethanol) is apsychoactive drug^[3]^[4]found inalcoholic beverages.Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused drugs in the world^[5]and is often used forself-medication,^[6]and recreational use.^[7]"

Cannabis culture

Cannabishas been used in the ancient past in places such asancient India,Romania, Egypt, and Mesopotamia.^[8]It was often used as medicine or for hemp. Its main route of consumption was smoking. Over time the culture became more international and a general "cannabis culture" formed.Cannabisculture has been responsible for the genre of films known asstoner filmswhich has come to be accepted as a mainstream cinema movement.^[9]^[10]In theUnited Statesthe culture has also spawned its own celebrities (such asTommy ChongandTerence McKenna), magazines (Cannabis CultureandHigh Times), and, in North America, its own distinct holiday:April 20(420), which is marked as a day for calling for thelegalization of cannabisand celebration of cannabis.^[11]^[12]The consumption of cannabis influenced many artistic movements such asjazz,electronic musicandhip hop.^{[citation needed]}

Hip hop and drugs

Thehip hop,hardcore rap,andtrapscenes, alongside theirderivative subgenresandsubcultures,are most notorious for having continuously celebrated and promoteddrug trafficking,gangster lifestyle,and the consumption of alcohol and other drugs since their inception in the United States during the late 1980s–early 1990s.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

Witchcraft and drugs

The drugs used in witchcraft are different depending on the culture. Most of the research done on drug use in witchcraft was done in the 60s during the hippie movement. Since then, the claim that ergot was taken in Salem has been disproven. However, because the research was done during the hippie and drug movement in the 70s, the theory is still a part of drug culture.^[17]

Ancient Greek love magic used many rituals that show drug use in poisoning to deepen the emotion of love. Love magic would be used by ancient Greek women to gain or keep a man's love. Researchers of this period often look at the agency of the women. Greek love magic relates to drug culture as it deals with poisoning people. There can be similarities found in today's date rape drug. However, in ancient Greek time the women would slowly poison the men. Women would put the poisons on their robes to expose it to the men.^[18]

Shamanism used hallucinogens to further their spirituality. These hallucinogens were used for different ceremonies of the Indians in the Northwest Amazon. These ceremonies include funerals and initiation of the young. Shamans had a wider range of use for these drugs. Shamans used these drugs to identify illnesses and find possible cures or to find an enemy.^[19]

There is a theory, seemingly disproven due to timeline of events and number of those who experience the symptoms, that the Salem witch trials were caused byergotpoisoning. Ergot poisoning gives a similar effect to LSD, but likeerginethe physical effects and dangers (including death due to higher toxicity of theergolinesin ergot) are much more substantial than the use of LSD for psychedelic research and ritual contexts.^[20]

References

^Grund, Jean-Paul (2010-11-20)."subculture of injecting drug use".Thebody.com.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^Armentano, Paul."norml.org".norml.org.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^Robinson, DL; Howard, EC; McConnell, S; Gonzales, RA; Wightman, RM (2013-03-25)."Disparity between tonic and phasic ethanol-induced dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens of rats".Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res.33(7): 1187–96.doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00942.x.PMC2947861.PMID 19389195.
^Drugs and society - Page 189, Glen (Glen R.) Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein - 2006
^"Medscape: Medscape Access".medscape.com.16 October 2021.
^Crum, R. M.; La Flair, L; Storr, C. L.; Green, K. M.; Stuart, E. A.; Alvanzo, A. A.; Lazareck, S; Bolton, J. M.; Robinson, J; Sareen, J; Mojtabai, R (2013)."Reports of drinking to self-medicate anxiety symptoms: Longitudinal assessment for subgroups of individuals with alcohol dependence".Depression and Anxiety.30(2): 174–83.doi:10.1002/da.22024.PMC4154590.PMID 23280888.
^"Alcohol: The World's Oldest Recreational Drug - OUPblog".OUPblog.27 January 2010.
^Rudgley, Richard(1998).Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age.New York: Free Press.ISBN 0-684-85580-1.
^Peters, Jon."top ten stoner movies".Killerfilm.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-01-09.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^"top ten stoner movies".Ign.com. 2008-08-08.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^"report on 420 holiday".NBC News.2008-04-16.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^"Marijuana rally in trouble".Foxnews.com. 2012-04-20.Retrieved2013-03-15.
^Gonzales, Matt (2 March 2020) [27 November 2017]."Rap Culture's Evolution from Glorifying to Decrying Drug Use".Orlando, Florida:DrugRehab.com.Archivedfrom the original on 16 January 2021.Retrieved10 January2022.
^"Can Hip-Hop Separate Itself From The Drug Culture It Helped Build?".CULTR.18 December 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 5 December 2020.Retrieved10 January2022.
^Granovsky, Josh (23 November 2018)."Emo rap needs to end".The Queen's Journal.Kingston, Ontario:Alma Mater Society of Queen's University.Archivedfrom the original on 24 July 2021.Retrieved7 August2022.
^Smiley, Calvin J. (2017)."Addict Rap?: The Shift from Drug Distributor to Drug Consumer in Hip Hop"(PDF).Journal of Hip Hop Studies.4(1).Richmond, Virginia:VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University): 1–24.doi:10.34718/ZBWC-RN03.ISSN 2331-5563.Archivedfrom the original on 6 July 2021.Retrieved10 January2022.
^Breslaw, Elaine G., ed. Witches of the Atlantic World: A Historical Reader & Primary Sourcebook. (New York: New York University Press, 2000), 427-511
^Faraone, Christopher A.. Ancient Greek Love Magic. Cambridge, US: Harvard University Press, 2009. Accessed April 27, 2016. ProQuest ebrary.
^Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo. "The Cultural Context of an Aboriginal Hallucinogen:Banisteriopsis Caapi..Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens.ed. Furst T., Peter. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972).
^Spanos, Nicholas P.; Gottlieb, Jack (1976). "Ergotism and the Salem Village Witch Trials".Science.194(4272): 1390–94.Bibcode:1976Sci...194.1390S.doi:10.1126/science.795029.JSTOR 1743999.PMID 795029.

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[1] Grund, Jean-Paul (2010-11-20)."subculture of injecting drug use".Thebody.com.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[2] Armentano, Paul."norml.org".norml.org.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[3] Robinson, DL; Howard, EC; McConnell, S; Gonzales, RA; Wightman, RM (2013-03-25)."Disparity between tonic and phasic ethanol-induced dopamine increases in the nucleus accumbens of rats".Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res.33(7): 1187–96.doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00942.x.PMC2947861.PMID 19389195.

[4] Drugs and society - Page 189, Glen (Glen R.) Hanson, Peter J. Venturelli, Annette E. Fleckenstein - 2006

[5] "Medscape: Medscape Access".medscape.com.16 October 2021.

[6] Crum, R. M.; La Flair, L; Storr, C. L.; Green, K. M.; Stuart, E. A.; Alvanzo, A. A.; Lazareck, S; Bolton, J. M.; Robinson, J; Sareen, J; Mojtabai, R (2013)."Reports of drinking to self-medicate anxiety symptoms: Longitudinal assessment for subgroups of individuals with alcohol dependence".Depression and Anxiety.30(2): 174–83.doi:10.1002/da.22024.PMC4154590.PMID 23280888.

[7] "Alcohol: The World's Oldest Recreational Drug - OUPblog".OUPblog.27 January 2010.

[bookLost_Civilisations_of_the_Stone_Age-8] Rudgley, Richard(1998).Lost Civilisations of the Stone Age.New York: Free Press.ISBN 0-684-85580-1.

[9] Peters, Jon."top ten stoner movies".Killerfilm.com. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-01-09.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[10] "top ten stoner movies".Ign.com. 2008-08-08.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[11] "report on 420 holiday".NBC News.2008-04-16.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[12] "Marijuana rally in trouble".Foxnews.com. 2012-04-20.Retrieved2013-03-15.

[13] Gonzales, Matt (2 March 2020) [27 November 2017]."Rap Culture's Evolution from Glorifying to Decrying Drug Use".Orlando, Florida:DrugRehab.com.Archivedfrom the original on 16 January 2021.Retrieved10 January2022.

[14] "Can Hip-Hop Separate Itself From The Drug Culture It Helped Build?".CULTR.18 December 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 5 December 2020.Retrieved10 January2022.

[15] Granovsky, Josh (23 November 2018)."Emo rap needs to end".The Queen's Journal.Kingston, Ontario:Alma Mater Society of Queen's University.Archivedfrom the original on 24 July 2021.Retrieved7 August2022.

[16] Smiley, Calvin J. (2017)."Addict Rap?: The Shift from Drug Distributor to Drug Consumer in Hip Hop"(PDF).Journal of Hip Hop Studies.4(1).Richmond, Virginia:VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University): 1–24.doi:10.34718/ZBWC-RN03.ISSN 2331-5563.Archivedfrom the original on 6 July 2021.Retrieved10 January2022.

[17] Breslaw, Elaine G., ed. Witches of the Atlantic World: A Historical Reader & Primary Sourcebook. (New York: New York University Press, 2000), 427-511

[18] Faraone, Christopher A.. Ancient Greek Love Magic. Cambridge, US: Harvard University Press, 2009. Accessed April 27, 2016. ProQuest ebrary.

[19] Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo. "The Cultural Context of an Aboriginal Hallucinogen:Banisteriopsis Caapi..Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens.ed. Furst T., Peter. (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1972).

[20] Spanos, Nicholas P.; Gottlieb, Jack (1976). "Ergotism and the Salem Village Witch Trials".Science.194(4272): 1390–94.Bibcode:1976Sci...194.1390S.doi:10.1126/science.795029.JSTOR 1743999.PMID 795029.

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