Agenda Signals / Society / Drug Use

Drug Use

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The New York Times : It Shouldn’t Be This Easy to Get High
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Drug use is portrayed as endangering individuals and society

[loaded_language] and [moral_framing]: The article uses emotionally charged language to depict drug use as a widespread threat to public safety, health, and rationality.

“It’s a less safe society, too, as intoxication and illegal drug markets so often fester into crime. And it’s a less rational one; most people don’t make their best decisions when stoned or drunk.”
Independent.ie : ‘There were times when I stayed up for three days taking ket’ – inside the …
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Drug use is framed as an escalating emergency

The use of the word 'epidemic' in the headline imposes a crisis narrative not substantiated by data or systemic analysis, amplifying urgency through narrative framing.

“inside the party drug epidemic taking hold in Ireland”
Independent.ie : ‘There were times when I stayed up for three days taking ket’ – inside the …
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Drug use is framed as a personal and societal danger

The headline and lead use emotionally charged language and a dramatic personal anecdote to portray ketamine use as an emerging threat without statistical or public health context.

“‘There were times when I stayed up for three days taking ket’ – inside the party drug epidemic taking hold in Ireland”
The Guardian : Ketamine, psychedelics, GHB: is the US falling out of love with cocaine?
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Cocaine use is portrayed as socially and personally destructive, with declining cultural legitimacy

[narrative_framing] and [loaded_language]: The article frames cocaine’s legacy through moralized language like 'trail of destruction' and 'capitalist excess', casting its decline as a positive cultural evolution

“The wide-scale use of cocaine in the US has left a trail of destruction in its wake, largely thanks to the illegal nature of the trade and the resultant US government policy of a “war on drugs”.”