Aim: This study explores the justification for psychedelics use among 40 Finnish interviewees. Methods: We conducted and analyzed 40 thematic interviews with Finnish psychedelics users employing justification analysis as an analytical framework. The study investigates justifications as expressed by the users. Results: We found almost the full spectrum of Boltanski and Thévenot's justification...
Aim: This study attempts to demonstrate the relevance of the socio-cultural model of drugs in explaining the impressive development of ecstasy in the last 45 years. Method: First the study describes the use of ecstasy by groups which have left their imprint on the substance: university students, gays, yuppies and the "New Age" movement. Then the link between ecstasy and techno music led to the...