Recreational drug use
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| - | ''[[Skull with a Cigarette]]'' ([[1886]]) - [[Vincent van Gogh]] ]] | + | |
| - | [[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' ([[1876]]) - [[Edgar Degas]]]]{{Template}} | + | |
| - | '''Recreational drug use''' is the use of [[psychoactive drug]]s for [[recreation]]al purposes rather than for [[employment|work]], [[Medicine|medical]] or [[Spirituality|spiritual]] purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. | + | |
| - | The psychopharmacologist Roland Siegel, who has studied this field, refers to intoxication as the 'Fourth Drive,' arguing that the human instinct to seek mind-altering substances has so much force and persistence that it functions like the human drives for [[hunger]], [[thirst]] and [[shelter]]. | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "[[Hashish]], like all other solitary delights, makes the individual useless to mankind, and also makes society unnecessary to the individual." --''[[Les Paradis artificiels]]'' (1860) by Charles Baudelaire | ||
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| + | "[[Common sense]] tells us that [[Subjectivism|the things of this earth hardly exist]], and that true [[reality]] is only in [[dream]]s. To [[digestion|digest]] [[nature|natural]] (or [[artificiality|artificial]]) [[happiness]] takes first of all the courage to [[swallow]] it down. And perhaps those worthy of happiness are precisely those for whom felicity, as mortals conceive it, has ever the effect of an emetic." --''[[Les Paradis artificiels]]'' (1860) by Charles Baudelaire | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Smoker by Joos van Craesbeeckjpg.jpg|200px|thumb|right|''[[The Smoker]]'' (ca. 1654 - 1662) by Joos van Craesbeeck]] | ||
| + | [[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' ([[1876]]) - [[Edgar Degas]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Morphine.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Morphine]]'' ([[1894]]) - [[Santiago Rusiñol]]]] | ||
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| - | By drug: [[alcohol]] - [[amphetamine]]s (speed) - [[cocaine]] - [[ecstasy]] - [[hashish]] - [[heroin]] - [[LSD]] - [[magic mushrooms]] - [[opium]] - [[poppers]] - [[pot]] - [[smoking]] | + | '''Recreational drug use''' is the use of a [[drug]] with the intention of creating or enhancing [[recreation]]al experience. |
| + | Drugs commonly considered capable of recreational use include [[alcohol]], [[nicotine]] and [[caffeine]]. | ||
| - | By medium: [[Drugs in literature]] - [[Drugs in music]] - [[Drugs in film]] | + | ==Definition== |
| + | The concept of "recreational drug use" is that a person can use drugs recreationally or otherwise with reduced or eliminated risk of negatively affecting other aspects of one's life or other people's lives. Advocates of this philosophy point to the many well-known artists and intellectuals who have used drugs, experimentally or otherwise, with few detrimental effects on their lives. Responsible drug use becomes drug abuse only when the use of the substance significantly interferes with the user's daily life. | ||
| - | Related: [[addiction]] - [[consciousness]] - [[medicine]] - [[mind]] - [[prohibition]] - [[psychedelic]] | + | Responsible drug use advocates that users should not take drugs at the same time as activities such as driving, swimming, operating machinery, or other activities that are unsafe without a sober state. Responsible drug use is emphasized as a primary prevention technique in harm-reduction drug policies. Harm-reduction policies were popularized in the late 1980s, although they began in the 1970s counter-culture where users were distributed cartoons explaining responsible drug use and consequences of irresponsible drug use. Another issue is that the illegality of drugs in itself may also cause social and economic consequences for those using them — the drugs may be "cut" with adulturants and the purity varies wildly, making overdoses more likely — and legal regulation of drug production and distribution would alleviate these and other dangers of illegal drug use. Harm reduction seeks to minimize the harm that can occur through the use of various drugs, whether legal (e.g., alcohol and nicotine), or illegal (e.g., heroin and cocaine). For example, people who inject illicit drugs can minimize harm to both themselves and members of the community through proper injecting technique, using new needles and syringes each time, and proper disposal of all injecting equipment. |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Counterfeit drug]] | ||
| + | *[[Demand reduction]] | ||
| + | *[[Drug education]] | ||
| + | *[[Entheogen]] | ||
| + | *[[Harm reduction]] | ||
| + | *[[Illegal drug trade]] | ||
| + | *[[Prohibition (drugs)]] | ||
| + | *[[Purple drank]] | ||
| + | *[[Recreational use of dextromethorphan]] | ||
| + | *[[Recreational use of ketamine]] | ||
| + | *[[List of recreational drugs]] | ||
| + | ==Related== | ||
| + | :''[[substance dependence|addiction]] - [[consciousness]] - [[medicine]] - [[mind]] - [[prohibition]] - [[psychedelic]] - [[The Great Binge]]'' | ||
| - | == Drug subcultures == | + | :''By medium: [[drugs in literature]], [[drugs in music]], [[drugs in film]]'' |
| - | '''Drug subcultures''' are examples of [[counterculture]]s, primarily defined by [[recreational drug use]]. | + | |
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| - | Drug subcultures are groups of people loosely united by a common understanding of the meaning and value (good or otherwise) of the incorporation into life of the drug in question. Such unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules of [[etiquette]], to full-scale [[political movement]]s for the reform of drug laws. The sum of these parts can be considered an individual drug's "culture". | + | |
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| - | There are multiple drug subcultures based on the use of different drugs - the culture surrounding [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], for example, is very different from that of [[heroin]], due to the different sort of experiences, sentiment amongst the crowd attracted to the drug in question, as well as the problems the users encounter. | + | |
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| - | Drugs also play an important role in various other subcultures, such as [[reggae]] music, [[Rastafari movement|rastafari]] and [[hippy]] movements. Many artists, especially in the 20th century, used various drugs and explored their influence on human life in general and particularly on the creative process, see "''[[Artificial Paradises]]''" by [[Charles Baudelaire]]. | + | |
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| == Further reading == | == Further reading == | ||
| + | *[[Drug culture]] | ||
| *[[Psychoactive drug]] | *[[Psychoactive drug]] | ||
| + | *"''[[Artificial Paradises]]''" by [[Charles Baudelaire]]. | ||
| *[[Trepanation|Hole in the head]] | *[[Trepanation|Hole in the head]] | ||
| - | *''[[The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics]]'' (2001) by [[Richard Davenport-Hines]] | + | *''[[The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics]]'' (2001) by Richard Davenport-Hines |
| *''[[Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible]]'' (2001) - Chris Bennett, Neil McQueen | *''[[Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible]]'' (2001) - Chris Bennett, Neil McQueen | ||
| - | *''[[Artificial Paradises: A Drugs Reader]]'' () - Mike Jay | + | *''[[Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market]]'' (1992) - Thomas Szasz |
| - | *''[[Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market]]'' (1992) - [[Thomas Szasz]] | + | |
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| - | == See also == | + | |
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| - | * [[420 (cannabis culture)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Alcohol abuse]] | + | |
| - | * [[Arguments for and against drug prohibition]] | + | |
| - | * [[Cannabis culture]] | + | |
| - | * [[Club drug]] | + | |
| - | * [[Demand reduction]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drug abuse]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drug injection]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drug paraphernalia]] | + | |
| - | * [[Drug subculture]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hard and soft drugs]] | + | |
| - | * [[Harm reduction]] | + | |
| - | * [[Intravenous drug use (recreational)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Opium den]] | + | |
| - | * [[Opium lamp]] | + | |
| - | * [[Opium pipe]] | + | |
| - | * [[Opium Wars]] | + | |
| - | * [[Prohibition (drugs)]] | + | |
| - | * [[Psychedelic]] | + | |
| - | * [[Psychoactive drug]] | + | |
| - | * [[Responsible drug use]] | + | |
| - | * [[School district drug policies]] | + | |
| - | * [[Spiritual use of cannabis]] | + | |
| - | * [[Stoner film]] | + | |
| - | * [[Substance abuse]] | + | |
| - | * [[The Yogurt Connection]] | + | |
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"Hashish, like all other solitary delights, makes the individual useless to mankind, and also makes society unnecessary to the individual." --Les Paradis artificiels (1860) by Charles Baudelaire "Common sense tells us that the things of this earth hardly exist, and that true reality is only in dreams. To digest natural (or artificial) happiness takes first of all the courage to swallow it down. And perhaps those worthy of happiness are precisely those for whom felicity, as mortals conceive it, has ever the effect of an emetic." --Les Paradis artificiels (1860) by Charles Baudelaire |
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Recreational drug use is the use of a drug with the intention of creating or enhancing recreational experience. Drugs commonly considered capable of recreational use include alcohol, nicotine and caffeine.
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Definition
The concept of "recreational drug use" is that a person can use drugs recreationally or otherwise with reduced or eliminated risk of negatively affecting other aspects of one's life or other people's lives. Advocates of this philosophy point to the many well-known artists and intellectuals who have used drugs, experimentally or otherwise, with few detrimental effects on their lives. Responsible drug use becomes drug abuse only when the use of the substance significantly interferes with the user's daily life.
Responsible drug use advocates that users should not take drugs at the same time as activities such as driving, swimming, operating machinery, or other activities that are unsafe without a sober state. Responsible drug use is emphasized as a primary prevention technique in harm-reduction drug policies. Harm-reduction policies were popularized in the late 1980s, although they began in the 1970s counter-culture where users were distributed cartoons explaining responsible drug use and consequences of irresponsible drug use. Another issue is that the illegality of drugs in itself may also cause social and economic consequences for those using them — the drugs may be "cut" with adulturants and the purity varies wildly, making overdoses more likely — and legal regulation of drug production and distribution would alleviate these and other dangers of illegal drug use. Harm reduction seeks to minimize the harm that can occur through the use of various drugs, whether legal (e.g., alcohol and nicotine), or illegal (e.g., heroin and cocaine). For example, people who inject illicit drugs can minimize harm to both themselves and members of the community through proper injecting technique, using new needles and syringes each time, and proper disposal of all injecting equipment.
See also
- Counterfeit drug
- Demand reduction
- Drug education
- Entheogen
- Harm reduction
- Illegal drug trade
- Prohibition (drugs)
- Purple drank
- Recreational use of dextromethorphan
- Recreational use of ketamine
- List of recreational drugs
Related
- addiction - consciousness - medicine - mind - prohibition - psychedelic - The Great Binge
- By medium: drugs in literature, drugs in music, drugs in film
Further reading
- Drug culture
- Psychoactive drug
- "Artificial Paradises" by Charles Baudelaire.
- Hole in the head
- The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics (2001) by Richard Davenport-Hines
- Sex, Drugs, Violence and the Bible (2001) - Chris Bennett, Neil McQueen
- Our Right to Drugs: The Case for a Free Market (1992) - Thomas Szasz
