Historique
Périodique
Ecstasy : commodity or disease ?
(Ecstasy : produit ou maladie ?)
Auteur(s) :
AGAR, M. ;
REISINGER, H. S.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
253-264
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
36
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MDMA-ECSTASY
;
ANTHROPOLOGIE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
;
HISTOIRE
;
CONSOMMATION
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2004, 36, (2), 253-264
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This article evaluates past work on heroin and crack cocaine epidemics by comparing it with the increase in Ecstasy use in the late 1990s. First of all, the authors make the case that there was, in fact, a dramatic increase in Ecstasy use in the Iate 1990s. Following that is a review of the rise and fall of several different Ecstasy scenes beginning in the 1960s. The most recent rise, in the late 1990s, requires a broadening of the theory of epidemics to include longer historical waves of change, so we do that by reviewing work on post World War II trends in social disconnection and consumerism. We then shift to a marketing rather than a public health framework and look at the nature of the Ecstasy "product," both its good and bad characteristics. Finally, we describe the narrative mechanism, developed in our earlier work, that plausibly explains why use rose when it did, given the needs of the market. The article concludes by discussing the changes this case motivates for our theory, particularly in light of globalized and normalized drug use that at the moment appears to be the current content for illicit drug use. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Friends Res. Inst., Soc. Res. Ctr, 1040 Park Ave., Baltimore, MD 21201
magaranth.umd.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
magaranth.umd.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.