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Crime Media Culture An International Journal

ISSN 1741-6590

1 paper in the library · 1 citation · publishing 2025

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Different realities: Symbolic boundaries and psychedelic drug use

Crime Media Culture An International Journal October 3, 2025 Emily Wagner, Jacob H. Erickson 1 citation

This study examines how psychedelic drug users construct symbolic boundaries to differentiate themselves from other drug users. Drawing on 32 semi-structured interviews with people who have used psychedelic drugs, we explore how participants construct their psychedelic use as distinct from, and superior to, other forms of drug use. Participants differentiate themselves from “hard” drug users in...