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[[Image:Skull with a Cigarette (1886) - Vincent van Gogh.jpg|thumb|right|200px|
''[[Skull with a Cigarette]]'' ([[1886]]) - [[Vincent van Gogh]] ]]
[[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' ([[1876]]) - [[Edgar Degas]]]]
[[Image:Morphine.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Morphine]]'' ([[1894]]) - [[Santiago Rusiñol]]]]
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'''Drug subcultures''' are examples of [[counterculture]]s, primarily defined by [[recreational drug use]].
Drug subcultures are groups of people loosely united by a common understanding of the meaning and value (good or otherwise) of the incorporation into life of the drug in question. Such unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules of [[etiquette]], to full-scale [[political movement]]s for the reform of drug laws. The sum of these parts can be considered an individual drug's "culture".
There are multiple drug subcultures based on the use of different drugs - the culture surrounding [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], for example, is very different from that of [[heroin]], due to the different sort of experiences, sentiment amongst the crowd attracted to the drug in question, as well as the problems the users encounter.
Drugs also play an important role in various other subcultures, such as [[reggae]] music, [[Rastafari movement|rastafari]] and [[hippy]] movements. Many artists, especially in the 20th century, used various drugs and explored their influence on human life in general and particularly on the creative process, see "''[[Artificial Paradises]]''" by [[Charles Baudelaire]].
== Further reading ==
*[[Recreational drugs]]
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''[[Skull with a Cigarette]]'' ([[1886]]) - [[Vincent van Gogh]] ]]
[[Image:L'Absinthe (1876) - Edgar Degas.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[L'Absinthe]]'' ([[1876]]) - [[Edgar Degas]]]]
[[Image:Morphine.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Morphine]]'' ([[1894]]) - [[Santiago Rusiñol]]]]
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'''Drug subcultures''' are examples of [[counterculture]]s, primarily defined by [[recreational drug use]].
Drug subcultures are groups of people loosely united by a common understanding of the meaning and value (good or otherwise) of the incorporation into life of the drug in question. Such unity can take many forms, from friends who take the drug together, possibly obeying certain rules of [[etiquette]], to full-scale [[political movement]]s for the reform of drug laws. The sum of these parts can be considered an individual drug's "culture".
There are multiple drug subcultures based on the use of different drugs - the culture surrounding [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]], for example, is very different from that of [[heroin]], due to the different sort of experiences, sentiment amongst the crowd attracted to the drug in question, as well as the problems the users encounter.
Drugs also play an important role in various other subcultures, such as [[reggae]] music, [[Rastafari movement|rastafari]] and [[hippy]] movements. Many artists, especially in the 20th century, used various drugs and explored their influence on human life in general and particularly on the creative process, see "''[[Artificial Paradises]]''" by [[Charles Baudelaire]].
== Further reading ==
*[[Recreational drugs]]
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