Female Drug Use in the Ethnographic Record: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Presence, Variation, and Cultural Context
Psychoactives March 5, 2026 Drake Rinks, Casey J. Roulette
Male-biased drug use is a consistent finding in contemporary epidemiology, yet most global evidence derives from urban and industrialized populations. As a result, little is known about gendered substance use in small-scale societies, leaving unresolved whether male-biased drug use reflects universal features of human behavior or is primarily a product of industrialization. To address this gap,...