Drugism is Vincent Rado’s Substack and book project discussing how society assigns moral, political, and cultural meaning to drug use. It frames “drugism” as both an ideology and a mirror that revealos what our attitudes toward substances say about ourselves.
What is drugism?
Drugism refers to the biased judgment of drugs and the people who use them. Drugism is applied to individual drugs, groups of drugs, and drugs in general.
Read this for a more complete definition + history of drugism.
What’s in this newsletter?
*This e-newsletter contains excerpts from Drugism (2022), a book I recently self-published. Excerpts are delivered to your inbox every Thursday. Paid subscribers also receive exclusive excerpts each month and a physical copy of Drugism.
Why bother?
Drugism offers a new way to think about drug use. I know what you’re thinking…aren’t there a bunch of other indie writers on Substack rambling about drugs? Why should I read this one? Peep an excerpt and see for yourself :)
And remember…don’t be drugist!*