This book considers the global discourses and debates about ‘intoxication’, engaging in critical academic discussion around this concept. The problems in defining intoxication are considered, alongside the meanings of intoxication and how these meanings often differ across diverse drug using populations. The way that intoxication has been engaged with over the centuries has affected how particular groups are perceived and responded to, resulting in punitive responses such as drug prohibition, alongside harsh treatment of those who are seen to transgress societal norms and values. Therefore, this collection seeks to unsettle dominant discourses about intoxication and to consider this concept in new, critical ways. Ways of being intoxicated are also defined in this book in their broadest sense; from ‘energy drinks’ and other legal drugs, to recreational use of illicit drugs such as ecstasy, to ‘problematic’ drug use.
Author(s): Fiona Hutton
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 348
Tags: Crime And Society
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 17
The Importance of Intoxication......Page 18
Intoxication: Towards a Definition......Page 20
The Purpose of This Book......Page 21
The Structure of This Book......Page 24
References......Page 30
Part I: ‘Drugs’ and Intoxication......Page 32
Introduction......Page 33
What Is Alcohol Intoxication?......Page 35
Changing Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Intoxication Within Late Modernity......Page 36
Approaches to Alcohol and Intoxication......Page 39
Restricting and Regulating Alcohol Consumption......Page 40
Diversity in Meanings and Experiences of Intoxication......Page 43
Masculinities, Femininities and Intoxication......Page 44
Gender Identities and Intersectional Considerations......Page 48
Conclusion......Page 49
References......Page 51
Introduction......Page 60
Psychoactive Effects and Social Practices......Page 64
Nicotine Practices: Routine and Ritual......Page 66
Nicotine Practices: Vaping and the Fun of the Buzz......Page 71
Conclusion......Page 76
References......Page 77
The Historical Emergence and Evolution of Illicit Intoxication......Page 82
Algorithmic Culture and Intoxication......Page 84
The Work of Culture in the Context of the Illicit......Page 85
Ritualised Intoxication in the ‘Machine Zone’......Page 90
Symbolic Order and Power......Page 92
Cultural Mediation of Knowledge......Page 93
Looking for Culture in the Wrong Places......Page 95
References......Page 96
Introduction......Page 102
New Psychoactive Substances: Background and Development......Page 105
Synthetic Cannabis......Page 107
New Psychoactive Substances in New Zealand......Page 109
Intoxication and Synthetic Cannabis......Page 112
New Psychoactive Substances and Shifting Intoxications......Page 114
‘Spice zombies’: New Psychoactive Substances and Stigma......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 118
References......Page 120
Websites......Page 125
Introduction: A Holistic View of Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks Consumption and Intoxication......Page 126
What Are Energy Drinks?......Page 129
Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks: What Can Be Classified as Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks?......Page 130
What Is Known About Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks Consumers and Consumption Patterns?......Page 131
What Are the Acute Effects of Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks Intoxication?......Page 134
Intoxication and Pleasure: Social and Functional Motives for Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks Consumption......Page 135
Alcohol Mixed with Energy Drinks Consumers as a Distinct Social Group......Page 138
The Role of Environment in Social Intoxication Cultures......Page 139
Conclusions......Page 142
References......Page 143
Part II: Diverse Intoxications......Page 151
7: Sexualities and Intoxication: “To Be Intoxicated Is to Still Be Me, Just a Little Blurry”—Drugs, Enhancement and Transformation in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Cultures......Page 152
Introduction......Page 153
Intoxication, Gender and Sexuality......Page 154
Performativity and Drug ‘Effects’......Page 156
Methods......Page 158
Ontologies of Intoxication......Page 160
Drug-Mediated/Enhanced Pleasures: Intoxication, Play and Sex......Page 164
Intoxication in the Making of Gender......Page 167
Remaking Intoxication: Beyond Harm, Risk and Pathology......Page 169
References......Page 172
Introduction......Page 177
Alcohol Use and Intoxication in Aotearoa......Page 178
Alcohol Use and Intoxication Among Indigenous Peoples......Page 181
Alcohol Use and Intoxication Among Māori......Page 183
Conclusion......Page 190
References......Page 192
Introduction......Page 198
Femininities and Intoxication......Page 201
Female Sexuality, Post-feminism and Intoxication......Page 203
Femininities, Intersectionality and Intoxication......Page 206
Illicit Drugs, Femininities and Intoxication......Page 209
Femininities, Intoxication and Pleasure......Page 212
Conclusion......Page 215
References......Page 216
Introduction......Page 222
Social Constructionist Accounts of Masculinities and Intoxication......Page 224
Theorising Masculinities......Page 226
Theorising Drug Effects......Page 227
Co-constituting Masculinities and Intoxication......Page 229
Methadone as Un-finished Actant......Page 230
Methadone as Phenomenon......Page 231
Affective Assemblages......Page 233
Intimate Infrastructures......Page 236
Conclusion......Page 238
References......Page 240
Part III: Representations of Intoxication......Page 247
Introduction......Page 248
Media Representations of the Intoxicated......Page 250
The Irresponsibly Intoxicated Consumer......Page 255
Objective Violence, Civilised Consumption and the Drug Apartheid......Page 257
Demarcation of the Normal......Page 258
Civilised and Barbaric Consumption......Page 259
Drug Apartheid......Page 260
Conclusion......Page 262
References......Page 263
Introduction......Page 271
Crystal Meth, Media and Drug Culture......Page 274
Drug Stories: Howard Becker......Page 277
Television Takes Over: George Gerbner......Page 279
Tumblr, Social Media and Participatory Culture......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 284
References......Page 286
Part IV: Responses to Intoxication......Page 291
Responding to the Effects of Intoxication......Page 292
Normative Acceptance of Intoxication......Page 294
Intoxication in Public Places......Page 299
Intoxication and Coerced Treatment......Page 302
Intoxication in Private Spaces......Page 303
Intoxication in Criminal Law: Often Dichotomous and Ill-Defined......Page 304
Intoxication as an Excuse or as Increasing Blame: A Contested Issue......Page 305
Server Responsibility and Intoxication......Page 307
Intoxication and Regulation of Availability......Page 308
Future Trends in Alcohol Intoxication and Associated Harms: Is the Tide Changing?......Page 309
References......Page 310
Introduction......Page 317
Constructions of Intoxication and Harm Reduction......Page 321
Harm Reduction: Contemporary Developments......Page 323
Harm Reduction: A Different Approach to Measurement and Understanding......Page 328
Contemporary Developments: Measuring a New Reality?......Page 331
Concluding Thoughts......Page 334
References......Page 335
Index......Page 340
