“PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online
In 2007, a young woman, Annabel Catt, died after consuming a capsule sold as “ecstasy” that contained para-methoxyamphetamine. In this paper, we describe how this death was depicted in online drug-user communities and illustrate how the meanings of drug use are negotiated in online settings. News ar...
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| description | In 2007, a young woman, Annabel Catt, died after consuming a capsule sold as “ecstasy” that contained para-methoxyamphetamine. In this paper, we describe how this death was depicted in online drug-user communities and illustrate how the meanings of drug use are negotiated in online settings. News articles, public online discussions, and online fieldwork formed the data. This paper demonstrates how dominant drug discourses may be resisted by drug users, drawing on theories of health resistance and Kane Race’s concept of counter public health. Online environments may offer ways of engaging people who use drugs that acknowledge both pleasure and safety. The study’s limitations are noted. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-358172017-09-13T15:30:50Z “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online Barratt, Monica Allen, M. Lenton, Simon harm reduction ecstasy para-methoxyamphetamine pleasure health promotion discourses Internet health resistance counterpublic health In 2007, a young woman, Annabel Catt, died after consuming a capsule sold as “ecstasy” that contained para-methoxyamphetamine. In this paper, we describe how this death was depicted in online drug-user communities and illustrate how the meanings of drug use are negotiated in online settings. News articles, public online discussions, and online fieldwork formed the data. This paper demonstrates how dominant drug discourses may be resisted by drug users, drawing on theories of health resistance and Kane Race’s concept of counter public health. Online environments may offer ways of engaging people who use drugs that acknowledge both pleasure and safety. The study’s limitations are noted. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35817 10.3109/10826084.2013.852584 Informa Healthcare fulltext |
| spellingShingle | harm reduction ecstasy para-methoxyamphetamine pleasure health promotion discourses Internet health resistance counterpublic health Barratt, Monica Allen, M. Lenton, Simon “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title | “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title_full | “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title_fullStr | “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title_full_unstemmed | “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title_short | “PMA Sounds Fun”: Negotiating Drug Discourses Online |
| title_sort | “pma sounds fun”: negotiating drug discourses online |
| topic | harm reduction ecstasy para-methoxyamphetamine pleasure health promotion discourses Internet health resistance counterpublic health |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35817 |