Cocaine and the Privileged Class:

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The belief that cocaine is a drug associated with privilege and the privileged class is frequently cited as a motivating factor for nonmedical use. This association, part myth and part reality, has influenced the perception of cocaine as a glamorous and exotic drug, a drug immune to serious problems, a drug for the successful and wealthy, hence a privileged drug. The origins and development of this myth are examined in terms of both historical and contemporary images. Alternative competing images of cocaine as a drug associated with severe dependency and toxicity are discussed in terms of their past and future trends.

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