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  • Drug studies
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Critical discourse analysis

Background:

  • Reconceptualizes enhancement substance use by integrating interdisciplinary research and critical drug studies scholarship.
  • Examines how diverse substances are framed as tools for self-improvement and personal development.
  • Investigates the discursive strategies employed to position substances for enhancement.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the meanings and motivations behind substance consumption for enhancement.
  • To analyze how different substances are positioned as tools for achieving self-improvement goals.
  • To identify the discursive repertoires used in enhancement substance use.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted 40 interviews with individuals using substances like ayahuasca, psilocybin, cocaine, alcohol, nootropics, Adderall, and modafinil.
  • Applied the sociocognitive approach (SCA) to analyze language through cognition, discourse, and society.
  • Examined how substances are positioned as tools for enhancement and self-improvement.

Main Results:

  • Identified three key discursive repertoires: transformation, healing, and productivity.
  • Observed participants using discursive strategies such as 'othering,' analogies, metaphors, and figurative speech.
  • Found evidence of interdiscursivity, with participants frequently drawing on multiple discourses.

Conclusions:

  • The concept of enhancement has broader applicability in understanding substance use than currently recognized.
  • Reframing all substance use as enhancement or self-improvement can destigmatize its use.
  • Challenging over-simplistic binaries surrounding substance use is a potential outcome of this reframing.