In the last post in this series I endeavored to describe the core topic that this article purposes to discuss., and in the next several posts I will outline a few of the motives that may be behind the use of intoxicating substances. This post will be the first, wherein I attempt to uncover the motivation by culture.
The first issue to address in the line of questioning set before us at the end of the last post is the motivation behind taking any drug. Note here that the purview of this article however is not to condone or condemn the consumption of the substances mentioned, but it is to, in large part; examine the variety of motivations that lead to that consumption. Realistically speaking there are probably as many motivations for an action as there are individuals acting, but for the purpose of this article I will attempt to boil them down into several major categories.
Motivation by Culture: particularly in other parts of the world: Italy, France, Germany, Spain and even parts of Asia, individuals will find themselves having a glass of wine or a beer at dinner simply because of traditional or environmental reasons. They have no preconceived notion that it would be wrong to have a drink at dinner, and their parents did the same thing...it simply isn't taboo.
In the next post I will take up another motive: ritual.
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