“TO BE A ROCK AND NOT TO ROLL”. ARTISTS AND THEIR DRUG OF CHOICE
“TO BE A ROCK AND NOT TO ROLL”. ARTISTS AND THEIR DRUG OF CHOICE

Summary/Abstract: This study analyses the relationship between artists and the use of illicit drugs, the causes and circumstances that determine the use, the types of agreed drugs, the manners of consumption, the effects produced, as well as their opinions on the drug phenomenon. Many artists performing in various fields experimented with drugs, their effects were and still are often appreciated as positive, while the artists believe that, under the influence of drugs, they become more creative. In this paper, we made a brief history of the connection between artists and the phenomenon of drugs, a short presentation of the theories regarding drug use, of the institutional context. For better understanding, we referred to previous research by specialists in the field who analysed the artist-drug relationship. We used documentary analysis and biographies to conduct the study. The results of the research describe the general image of a group of individuals with a lifestyle which does not exactly match the classical pattern considered by society to be "normal". They are open to experiences with drugs, non-conformists, and rebels, and this is noticeable not only from their actions and values, yet most of the time from a physical point of view.

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