%0 Journal Article
%T Bentham, Not Epicurus: The Relevance of Pleasure to Studies of Drug
%A Scott Jacques
%J Journal of Drug Issues
%@ 1945-1369
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0022042618807894
%X There is a disproportionate focus on pain over pleasure in policy-relevant research on drugs. This is unfortunate because theories of and findings on drug-involved pleasure can be used to inform knowledge of drug-involved pain. The cross-fertilization of theories and findings is bolstered by the availability of a conceptual framework that links drug-involved pain and pleasure in a comprehensive, powerful, simple, and instrumental manner. This article proposes such a framework. It consists of four types of drug-involved pain and pleasure: drug-specific corporal, drug-related corporal, economic, and social. This quaternary scheme is illustrated with findings from four literatures, namely, those on methamphetamine use, alcohol-related sexual contact among college students, resource transfer among drug users and dealers, and relational and communal issues related to drugs. The article concludes with implications for the field
%K drugs
%K harm
%K crime
%K pain
%K pleasure
%K policy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0022042618807894