Preventive Medicine Department, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu, 740, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Facultad de Educación y Trabajo Social, Universidad de Vigo, Orense, Spain.
J Prev (2022). 2023 Dec;44(6):795-811. doi: 10.1007/s10935-023-00745-z. Epub 2023 Aug 29.
This debate paper discusses six reasons why the term "recreational substance use" should be avoided. (1) Social norms and beliefs are drivers of behavior; therefore, the normalized use of the term conveys injunctive norms of a fully socially acceptable substance. Injunctive norms are the most important drivers of initiation into substance use. (2) The illusion of being in control, suggesting that if consumed for leisure and recreation it can easily be controlled; (3) Idealized social representations that fuel an idealized image of an alternative glamourous or mindful consumption culture; (4) Downplaying potential harms; (5) The implicit promise of everyday pleasure, the ever-growing potency of cannabis products does not fit the narrative of its use for recreation; (6) Industry as a trojan horse branding discourse of the concept of medical cannabis to normalize the image of non-medical use: to complement "therapeutic" with "recreational". "Recreational use" is a subjective ill-defined term. This debate paper aims to find a better terminological solution, honestly denominating with a neutral, unbiased, and objective connotation what is now called "recreational use". Thus, we propose using the term "non-therapeutic" use.
这篇辩论文章讨论了为什么应该避免使用“娱乐性物质使用”这一术语的六个原因。（1）社会规范和信仰是行为的驱动因素；因此，术语的正常使用传达了一种完全被社会接受的物质的禁令规范。禁令规范是启动物质使用的最重要驱动因素。（2）对自我控制的错觉，暗示如果是为了休闲和娱乐而消费，就可以很容易地控制；（3）理想化的社会表象，助长了一种替代的迷人或有正念的消费文化的理想化形象；（4）淡化潜在的危害；（5）日常愉悦的隐含承诺，大麻产品的功效不断增强，与为娱乐而使用的说法不符；（6）行业作为一种特洛伊木马品牌话语，将医用大麻的概念正常化为非医用使用的形象：用“娱乐”来补充“治疗”。“娱乐性使用”是一个主观的、定义不明确的术语。本文旨在寻求一个更好的术语解决方案，诚实地用中性、无偏见和客观的内涵来命名现在所谓的“娱乐性使用”。因此，我们建议使用“非治疗性”使用。
