| Drugs, the Internet and change. | |
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PMID: 21615008 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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This article investigates the symbiotic relationship between drugs and the Internet, focusing (though not exclusively) on psychedelics. Programming on psychedelics in Silicon Valley from the 1960s to date is detailed, as are the twinned conceptualizations of drugs as a technology and technology as a drug. The correlation between drugs, the Internet, and consumerism is explored: the Internet is a medium through which "white," "grey" and "black" drug markets flourish. Thus, this article details the burgeoning online trades in pharmaceuticals, recreational, and "life-style" drugs that turn the Internet into a veritable candy store. Drug forums transmogrify into street corners, threatening the continued existence of the current system of global prohibition. However, it is arguably the use of the Web as an information source that may offer the greatest challenge to the incumbent paradigm, with experiential discourses offering alternatives to the hegemonic narrative, as the relationships between drugs, those who sell drugs and drug takers are reconfigured online. |
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Authors:
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Charlotte Walsh |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of psychoactive drugs Volume: 43 ISSN: 0279-1072 ISO Abbreviation: J Psychoactive Drugs Publication Date: 2011 Jan-Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-05-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8113536 Medline TA: J Psychoactive Drugs Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 55-63 Citation Subset: IM |
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School of Law, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. charlotte.walsh@le.ac.uk |
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