Drug Lingo Survey

Help Darius Idzikowski with his Masters study on Drug Vernacular at Wroclaw University in Poland! Answer some or all of his questions and send your responses to Darius Idzikowski. Thanks!

Survey on the Language of Drug-Users

I am a fifth-year-student at Wroclaw University in Poland. At the moment I am working on a master thesis on the language of drug-users. As the availability of information on the subject in question is rather little in my country, I dare resort to the good will of your readers. Hoping that at least some of them will help me, I have prepared a list of questions which will be sent on reqest (content of the questonnaire is printed below).

Answers to these questions constitute the source for writing a master thesis "LANGUAGE OF DRUG-USERS " . People able and willing to answer them are kindly requested to do so. Your contribution will certainly be of an utmost value to me. Thank you very much.

1. What are the expressions used for drug-users with regard to the use of the following drugs?
- - marihuana, hashish
- - hallucinogenic mushrooms
- - peyote (mescaline)
- - opiates (opium, heroin, morphine )
- - amphetamines
- - cocaine
- - LSD
- - ecstasy
- - crack
- - PCP
2. What are the expressions to describe the drugs in question ?
3. What are the expressions used to describe the manner of consumption ?
- - drugs eaten
- - drugs taken intravenously
- - drugs inhaled
- - drugs taken through mucus membranes
4.What are the names of the instruments employed for the above-mentioned activities ?
5. How are different stages of induced aberration referred to with regard to the source of it ?
6. How are the places of drugs consumption referred to ?
7. What are the names for endeavours to obtain drugs ?
8. How are drug-dealers referred to ?
9. What are the names for different activities perceived as law trespassing ?
10. How are the attempts to eradicate the habit referred to ?
- - expressions for the institutions
- - activities performed to achieve the state
- - withdrawal symptoms
11. What are the expressions for overdoses and death related to drugs use ?

Send email responses to Darius Idzikowski.

Please send written answers at the following address:

PAWEL KOLODZINSKI
UL.NEPTUNA 27/8
67-200 GLOGOW, POLAND.

P.S. Should you have any suggestions concerning the questionnaire, you are strongly advised to enclose them with your letter. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Thank you very much.