1. Age: 37
2. Gender (Please circle one): M
3. Location/Ethnicity: UK London British
4. Are you an only child? (Please circle one) N
5. Are you parents separated? (Please circle one) N
6. Do you, or have you ever used illicit drugs? (Please circle one)Y
7. Do you or have you ever abused other, legal substances? (E.g. alcohol, medication, huffing chemicals?) (Please circle one) Y Alcohol Medication
8. If so to either, what type of drugs were used and at what age did you start these practices? Lager Do-Dos, early teens
9. What reasons do you/do you not have for taking drugs? Boredom
10. Do you believe that certain illegal drugs should be either legalised or decriminalised? If so, which ones? Marijuana
11. Do your friends use similar drugs and/or share similar views to you? (Please circle one)Yes
12. Do you have a drug related mental condition? (Please circle one) N
13. Do you feel that there is a connection between the creative arts and drug culture in any way? If so, how? Y often referred to as an artists inspiration or as a way for audience to properly 'understand' certain artworks
14. Do any of the musical groups you listen to influence your decision? If so, how? And what music do you listen to? N. Most kinds
15. Have the attitudes presented in films towards drugs made you think about them in a different way? N
16. Do you feel that drug use is glorified in the world of creative arts? If so, please circle which aspect of the creative arts you feel glorifies drug use.
Film and Television Music Visual Art Literature Other (Please specify) Occasionally in all of them, see answer to Q. 13
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