Historique
Article de Périodique
Drugs, the Internet and change (2011)
Auteur(s) :
WALSH, C.
Année
2011
Page(s) :
55-63
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
INTERNET
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS
;
INFORMATION
;
PLANTES
;
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
Résumé :
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.
Affiliation :
School of Law, University of Leicester, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni