NCJ Number
110437
Journal
Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Dated: (Spring 1988) Pages: 271-284
Date Published
1988
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Contemporary drug taking and giving among the general populace are multi-level phonomena involving highly vicarious origins, needs and/or other supporting social, psychological, or spiritual functions.
Abstract
Within this a specific subgroup has emerged promoting a variety of (drug-based) religions, spiritual doctrines, or ethical systems. Dividing such drug-based organizations into two categories of moral/ethical posture -- the situational and the iconic/deterministic -- a review of each catechism, ethical base, and (when applicable) ritual practice is reviewed and annotated. (Author abstract)