Combining Alcohol with Benzodiazepines or Psychostimulants. Metaphoric Meanings and the Concept of Control in the Online Talk of Polydrug Use

Autor:	Petteri Koivula, Christoffer Tigerstedt, Sanna Hautala, Kati Kataja, Jukka Törrönen, Pekka Hakkarainen
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Adult Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Substance-Related Disorders Metaphor media_common.quotation_subject 030508 substance abuse Medicine (miscellaneous) Context (language use) Self-Control Benzodiazepines 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Perception Humans Drug Interactions 030212 general & internal medicine Social Behavior Control (linguistics) Finland Qualitative Research General Psychology media_common Sweden Polydrug use Ethanol Central Nervous System Depressants humanities Online Social Networking Central Nervous System Stimulants 0305 other medical science Psychology Social psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 51:473-481
ISSN:	2159-9777 0279-1072
DOI:	10.1080/02791072.2019.1669845
Popis:	The co-administration of different substances is a widespread practice in the context of hard drug use. Among others, alcohol combined with certain substances produces potentially dangerous interactions. This article explores how people who combine alcohol with benzodiazepines or psychostimulants perceive these practices and how they share their perceptions in Finnish and Swedish online discussions. This is carried out by analyzing discussants' use of metaphoric expressions. We found that the metaphors given to the use of these substance combinations reflect their pharmacological characteristics. Through that, the metaphors and meanings were different depending on the substance alcohol was combined with. Moreover, we found that, in the realities the metaphors create, the control of use was differently conceptualized. The different aspects of control could be divided into three categories that, however, were not related to any specific substances but overarched all metaphors: 1) controlling pharmacological risks, 2) controlling social appearance and 3) ignoring control. As our findings bring out, often the actual health dangers and risks of the studied substance combinations were bypassed, and the control was rather understood either as a form of socially appropriate behavior or wholly ignored.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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