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group expectations.
If he does, the initiate is "talked out" of them. The statistically few
events that do occur contrary to the group's expectations are noteworthy for their rarity.
Since users most generally think of marijuana use as normal, healthy, appealing, and
sybaritic, the novitiate absorbs mostly favorable definitions and expectations of what he is
about to experience. Interpretations concerning the high emanating from the group
become assimilated into the beginner's moral outlook, and most commonly his
experiences are a reflection of these definitions. If use were condemned by users who saw
themselves acting out of "compulsive" and "sick" motives, and who thought of smoking in
morbid, self-flagellating terms, not only would the novice be unlikely to try the drug, but
even if he ever did, his high would be experienced as unpleasant, distasteful, repellent and
even psychotomimetic.
This is not Bubble Gum generally the case because each new user is insulated
from negative experiences with the high by favorable definitions; it is the "legacy" which
the marijuana subculture passes down to succeeding generations.
Curiosity is the dominant emotion of the neophyte at the time of his turn-on;[7] this is
often mixed with excitement, apprehension, joy, or fear. It should be stated at the outset
that I do not endorse the "forbidden fruit" argument. If marijuana use were not considered
improper or immoral by the bulk of society, there is no doubt whatsoever that it would be
more common.
Social condemnation, particularly among one's peers, keeps down the
condemned activity, although, obviously, the less significant the condemning individual or
group is felt to be, the less effective the condemnation will be; it is even possible to find
"negative reference groups." I would hold that one of the appeals of marijuana is not that
it is abhorred by adult society; it does not represent rebellion or a rejection of adult values.
Yet, its mystery, its underground character, the fact that it is clandestine and morally
suspect—all lend an air of excitement and importance that would be absent otherwise. For
the neophyte, the maintenance of a matter-of-fact attitude is almost impossible. A1though
use is not greater because it is forbidden, its contraband nature, at least in the beginning,
make it special and outside the orbit of the everyday. The excitement is manufactured: it is
a social artifact. Inexperienced users perceive its socially imputed gravity through cues
ranging from the voice tone of marijuana participants to the reactions of the police to the
discovery of marijuana possession.
The more contact the user has with the drug and other
users, the less "special" use becomes.
Users often draw parallels with sex; being turned on is seen as equivalent to losing one's
virginity. Feelings of the specialness of one's activities and uniqueness dissolve with the
grne with
(10 of 15)4/15/2004 1:05:28 AM
The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 6
group expectations. If he does, the initiate is "talked out" of them. The statistically few
events that do occur contrary to the group's expectations are noteworthy for their rarity.
Since users most generally think of marijuana use as normal, healthy, appealing, and
sybaritic, the novitiate absorbs mostly favorable definitions and expectations of what he is
about to experience. Interpretations concerning the high emanating from the group
become assimilated into the beginner's moral outlook, and most commonly his
experiences are a reflection of these definitions. If use were condemned by users who saw
themselves acting out of "compulsive" and "sick" motives, and who thought of smoking in
morbid, self-flagellating terms, not only would the novice be unlikely to try the drug, but
even if he ever did, his high would be experienced as unpleasant, distasteful, repellent and
even psychotomimetic. This is not generally the case because each new user is insulated
from negative experiences with the high by favorable definitions; it is the "legacy" which
the marijuana subculture passes down to succeeding generations.
Curiosity is the dominant emotion of the neophyte at the time of his turn-on;7] this is
often mixed with excitement, apprehension, joy, or fear. It should be stated at the outset
that I do not endorse the "forbidden fruit" argument. If marijuana use were not considered
improper or immoral by the bulk of society, there is no doubt whatsoever that it would be
more common. Social condemnation, particularly among one's peers, keeps down the
condemned activity, although, obviously, the less significant the condemning individual or
group is felt to be, the less effective the condemnation will be; it is even possible to find
"negative reference groups." I would hold that one of the appeals of marijuana is not that
it is abhorred by adult society; it does not represent rebellion or a rejection of adult values.
Yet, its mystery, its underground character, the fact that it is clandestine and morally
suspect—all lend an air of excitement and importance that would be absent otherwise. For
the neophyte, the maintenance of a matter-of-fact attitude is almost impossible. A1though
use is not greater because it is forbidden, its contraband nature, at least in the beginning,
make it special and outside the orbit of the everyday.
The excitement is manufactured: it is
a social artifact.
Inexperienced users perceive its socially imputed gravity through cues
ranging from the voice tone of marijuana participants to the reactions of the police to the
discovery of marijuana possession. The more contact the user has with the drug and other
users, the less "special" use becomes.
Users often draw parallels with sex; being turned on is seen as equivalent to losing one's
virginity. Feelings of the specialness of one's activities and uniqueness dissolve with the
grne with
(10 of 15)4/15/2004 1:05:28 AM
The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 6
group expectations. If he does, the initiate is "talked out" of them. The statistically few
events that do occur contrary to the group's expectations are noteworthy for their rarity.
Since users most generally think of marijuana use as normal, healthy, appealing, and
sybaritic, the novitiate absorbs mostly favorable definitions and expectations of what he is
about to experience. Interpretations concerning the high emanating from the group
become assimilated into the beginner's moral outlook, and most commonly his
experiences are a reflection of these definitions. If use were condemned by users who saw
themselves acting out of "compulsive" and "sick" motives, and who thought of smoking in
morbid, self-flagellating terms, not only would the novice be unlikely to try the drug, but
even if he ever did, his high would be experienced as unpleasant, distasteful, repellent and
even psychotomimetic. This is not generally the case because each new user is insulated
from negative experiences with the high by favorable definitions; it is the "legacy" which
the marijuana subculture passes down to succeeding generations.
Curiosity is the dominant emotion of the neophyte at the time of his turn-on;7 this is
often mixed with excitement, apprehension, joy, or fear. It should be stated at the outset
that I do not endorse the "forbidden fruit" argument. If marijuana use were not considered
improper or immoral by the bulk of society, there is no doubt whatsoever that it would be
more common. Social condemnation, particularly among one's peers, keeps down the
condemned activity, although, obviously, the less significant the condemning individual or
group is felt to be, the less effective the condemnation will be; it is even possible to find
"negative reference groups." I would hold that one of the appeals of marijuana is not that
it is abhorred by adult society; it does not represent rebellion or a rejection of adult values.
Yet, its mystery, its underground character, the fact that it is clandestine and morally
suspect—all lend an air of excitement and importance that would be absent otherwise. For
the neophyte, the maintenance of a matter-of-fact attitude is almost impossible. A1though
use is not greater because it is forbidden, its contraband nature, at least in the beginning,
make it special and outside the orbit of the everyday. The excitement is manufactured: it is
a social artifact. Inexperienced users perceive its socially imputed gravity through cues
ranging from the voice tone of marijuana participants to the reactions of the police to the
discovery of marijuana possession. The more contact the user has with the drug and other
users, the less "special" use becomes.
Users often draw parallels with sex; being turned on is seen as equivalent to losing one's
virginity. Feelings of the specialness of one's activities and uniqueness dissolve with the
grne with
(10 of 15)4/15/2004 1:05:28 AM
The Marijuana Smokers - Chapter 6
group expectations. If he does, the initiate is "talked out" of them. The statistically few
events that do occur contrary to the group's expectations are noteworthy for their rarity.
Since users most generally think of marijuana use as normal, healthy, appealing, and
sybaritic, the novitiate absorbs mostly favorable definitions and expectations of what he is
about to experience. Interpretations concerning the high emanating from the group
become assimilated into the beginner's moral outlook, and most commonly his
experiences are a reflection of these definitions. If use were condemned by users who saw
themselves acting out of "compulsive" and "sick" motives, and who thought of smoking in
morbid, self-flagellating terms, not only would the novice be unlikely to try the drug, but
even if he ever did, his high would be experienced as unpleasant, distasteful, repellent and
even psychotomimetic. This is not generally the case because each new user is insulated
from negative experiences with the high by favorable definitions; it is the "legacy" which
the marijuana subculture passes down to succeeding generations.
Curiosity is the dominant emotion of the neophyte at the time of his turn-on;7 this is
often mixed with excitement, apprehension, joy, or fear. It should be stated at the outset
that I do not endorse the "forbidden fruit" argument. If marijuana use were not considered
improper or immoral by the bulk of society, there is no doubt whatsoever that it would be
more common.
Social condemnation, particularly among one's peers, keeps down the
condemned activity, although, obviously, the less significant the condemning individual or
group is felt to be, the less effective the condemnation will be; it is even possible to find
"negative reference groups." I would hold that one of the appeals of marijuana is not that
it is abhorred by adult society; it does not represent rebellion or a rejection of adult values.
Yet, its mystery, its underground character, the fact that it is clandestine and morally
suspect—all lend an air of excitement and importance that would be absent otherwise.
For
the neophyte, the maintenance of a matter-of-fact attitude is almost impossible. A1though
use is not greater because it is forbidden, its contraband nature, at least in the beginning,
make it special and outside the orbit of the everyday. The excitement is manufactured: it is
a social artifact.
Inexperienced users perceive its socially imputed gravity through cues
ranging from the voice tone of marijuana participants to the reactions of the police to the
discovery of marijuana possession. The more contact the user has with the drug and other
users, the less "special" use becomes.
Users often draw parallels with sex; being turned on is seen as equivalent to losing one's
virginity. Feelings of the specialness of one's activities and uniqueness dissolve with the
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