Understanding the Role of Media in Drug Culture: A Psychological Perspective

Introduction to the assessment

TABLE OF CONTENT
Drug culture 3
Media examples of drug cultures 3
Link between specific media examples and psychological literature to understand role of media in drug culture: 5
Psychological literature to understand drug culture: 6
REFERENCES 9

Drug culture
 The activities and way of life among people who habitually use one or
more kinds of drugs which abuses lifestyle factors such as cocaine and
Heroin, LSD and substances that alters states of consciousness.
 This is called drug culture widely expanding among youngsters, where it
is exponentially growing because of explicit and relevant media. The
drug culture has been functionally growing, among youngsters, where
drug dealers portrays heroes such as in TV shows and movies.
 Attending all night parties and drugs are part of experience, where
pharmaceutical drugs advertised on ration, television and magazines
further promotes specific abuse of drug within culture..

Media examples of drug cultures
 Social media examples such as Instagram, Facebook and snapchat provides environment people are
exposed towards drug culture, engaging risky behaviours of involving drugs and alcohol addiction. This further
enables to shed light on fact that celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Drake post pictures on media that starts
influencing young people and adolescents engaging to bring towards extended behaviour which leads to addiction
of drugs.
 Illicit and presentation of drugs as well as binge drinking makes teens socially get addicted towards culture, and
creates huge addiction . It can be also analysed that drug culture addiction, leads to criminal behaviours and
incarnation, transmission towards HIV and drug usage which is based on high risk sexual behaviours and
unemployment.