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The aim of this questionnaire is to investigate why teenagers use drugs and also to see the creative arts (such as film, visual art and music) influences their attitudes about their decisions regarding drug use.
Age: 34
Gender (Please circle one): M
Location/Ethnicity: Houston Texas USA, hispanic
Are you an only child? (Please circle one)
N
Are you parents separated? (Please circle one)
by death, my mom is a widow
Do you, or have you ever used illicit drugs? (Please circle one)
Y
Do you or have you ever abused other, legal substances? (E.g. alcohol, medication, huffing chemicals?) (Please circle one)
N
If so to either, what type of drugs were used and at what age did you start these practices?
first smoked the good stuff at age 18.
first did LSD at 18
first did hashish at age 20
first did mushrooms at age 20
first did ecstacy at age 21
What reasons do you/do you not have for taking drugs?
I enjoy blowing my mind
Do you believe that certain illegal drugs should be either legalised or decriminalised? If so, which ones?
I firmly believ all drug USE shoudl be decriminalized. drug sale and manfacture should remain illegal but without the massive penalties.
Do your friends use similar drugs and/or share similar views to you? (Please circle one)
Yes
Do you have a drug related mental condition? (Please circle one)
No
Do you feel that there is a connection between the creative arts and drug culture in any way? If so, how?
I feel there is a connection between creative minded people and the desire to explore the pathways of consciousness as well as altered states.
Do any of the musical groups you listen to influence your decision? If so, how? And what music do you listen to?
nope. I do what I do because I have decided to do it, not because someone else does it.
Have the attitudes presented in films towards drugs made you think about them in a different way? If so, please circle whether it positive or negative.
negative towards heroin and cocaine.
Do you feel that drug use is glorified in the world of creative arts? If so, please circle which aspect of the creative arts you feel glorifies drug use.
Film and Television Music Visual Art Literature Other (Please specify)
I do not think it is glorfified at all. i think the art world is a world of communication and the whole spectrum of the drug experience, of all drugs, is coveyed by the art world, both good and bad.
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