Duff Cameron
Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 320-1290 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z1W2, Canada.
Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Oct;19(5):384-92. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.07.003. Epub 2007 Sep 4.
The pleasures associated with the use of illicit drugs are rarely acknowledged in contemporary drug policy debates. Where they are, these pleasures are almost always attributed to the specific physiological and/or sensory effects of individual substances.
Drawing on qualitative research recently completed in Melbourne, Australia, this paper argues that the pleasures associated with illicit drug use extend well beyond the purely physiological to include a host of properly contextual elements as well.
These "contextual" pleasures include the corporeal experience of space, such as the "feeling" of electronic music in a large night-club space, or the engagement with natural and wilderness environments. Also important are a range of corporeal and performative practices, such as dancing and interacting with strangers, which were reportedly facilitated with the use of different drugs.
This emphasis on the dynamics of space, embodiment and practice as they impact the contextual experience of pleasure, has the potential to open up new ways of thinking about pleasure and its place in the mediation of all drug related behaviours. Greater understanding of these relationships should also facilitate the emergence of new, context specific, drug prevention and harm reduction initiatives.
在当代毒品政策辩论中，与使用非法药物相关的愉悦感很少得到承认。即便有所提及，这些愉悦感几乎总是归因于个别物质的特定生理和/或感官效应。
本文借鉴最近在澳大利亚墨尔本完成的定性研究，认为与非法药物使用相关的愉悦感远远超出了纯粹的生理范畴，还包括许多恰当的情境因素。
这些“情境”愉悦感包括空间的身体体验，比如在大型夜总会空间中感受电子音乐，或者与自然和荒野环境的接触。一系列身体和表演性活动也很重要，比如跳舞以及与陌生人互动，据报道，使用不同药物会促进这些活动。
这种对空间、身体体验和实践动态的强调，因为它们影响愉悦感的情境体验，有可能开辟思考愉悦感及其在所有与毒品相关行为调解中地位的新方式。对这些关系的更深入理解也应该有助于新的、针对具体情境的毒品预防和减少伤害举措的出现。
