Virtuous Drug Use: How Certain Drug Taking Becomes Acceptable - TalkingDrugs

Virtuous Drug Use: How Certain Drug Taking Becomes Acceptable - TalkingDrugs

In traditional philosophical and theological debates, sobriety is usually thought of as virtuous, while the non-medical use of drugs is usually seen as immoral: it compromises our work ethic and interferes with an individual’s ability to reason. As a result, people who use drugs have to either hide their drug use, or face stigmatisation from mainstream society. In a recent article, we documented a shift in this relationship: we noted an increasi…