Motivations for trying drugs

[Iacopo San]

Hi guys, as I said in my introduction post, I am a Psychology student and I am preparing a research paper on drugs and paranormal phenomena.

I need to create a sort of small questionnaire to verify participants' reasons for doing drugs, what drives people to want to do drugs.
Can you suggest me some of these possible motivations, your personal or simply anything that comes into your mind? Something like boredom,escapement, dulling of pain, etc.

Thanks!

 

[legendary]

have you ever tried drugs; yes or no
if so what drugs; uppers, downer, hallucinogens, alcohol, caffeine, multiple... w/e... keep it simple and <5 options
how often do you do drugs; daily, weekly, monthly, sporadically
why do you do drugs; bordem, peer pressure (fit in or go with the flow), escape
how do you feel when you do drugs; happy, sad, anxious, depressed, varies
have you ever experienced a negative reaction
if so, to what drug
if so did you stop doing drugs (or that particular one)
how old were you when you first tried drugs
why?

etc etc...
if youre going to do any type of data analysis or descriptive stats (SPSS or Excel) try to keep the format I used, that way you can just use a numbering system for each cell and you can quantify based on many many variables.
GL!

 

[Iacopo San]

Hi Legendary.

I only need a list of possible motivations for doing drugs, all the other aspects will be covered in other part of the study.

 

[SWIMchem5]

A list of positive motivations: To have fun, to have more energy, to have a better memory (i.e. nootropics), to reduce social anxiety, to not get sucked into negative situations(i.e. psychedelics), to sleep better, to improve digestion, to reduce depression, to enhance our abilities, ect.

 

[Mr249]

Curiousity.

 

[Tewa]

to feel better

 

[soulsearcher]

to feel normal !

 

[Monad]

To have a spiritual experience, to heal traumas, to grow as a human being, to connect with different part of my inner and outer self, to explore my consciousness, ...

 

[Iacopo San]

Thanks for the responses guys, very helpful.

 

[andyk123]

to experience something new...life is very repetitive!