“Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!” Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum

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dc.contributor.authorWanke, Michał
dc.contributor.authorZałęska, Olga
dc.contributor.authorSiuda, Piotr
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Opole
dc.contributor.organizationUniversity of Warsaw
dc.contributor.organizationKazimierz Wielki University
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T14:30:54Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T14:30:54Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we analyze a Polish drug forum as a refracted public by focusing on the intersection of the digital space and illicit substances. To illuminate the reception of the medical cannabis industry in the social worlds of people who use cannabis, we apply qualitative thematic analysis of the content of the major Polish drug forum. The results reveal that there has been a widespread subcultural accommodation of medical cannabis for non-therapeutic use in the form of a backchannel about the quality of cannabis products and ways of obtaining it. We observed the emergence of reflexive narratives, where traditional cultural framing of cannabis as a source of fun and pleasure converged with a narrative of medical purposes and advice counteracting potential harms. The forum holds the emerging cannabis industry “accountable” and accumulates knowledge for the consumers that is otherwise lacking due to the illicit or stigmatized nature of cannabis in Poland. Examining digitally enabled discussions sheds light on the possible social accommodation of cannabis ahead of important societal and legislative transformations.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research is supported by the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) grant 2021/43/B/HS6/00710.
dc.identifier.citationWanke, M., Załęska, O., Siuda, P. (2025), “Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!” Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum. Sociological Inquiry. doi: 10.1111/soin.12652
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/soin.12652
dc.identifier.issn1475-682X
dc.identifier.urihttps://open.icm.edu.pl/handle/123456789/25314
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley, Alpha Kappa Delta: The International Sociology Honor Society
dc.rightsUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne 4.0 Międzynarodoween
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.sourceSociological Inquiry
dc.subjectdrugsen
dc.subjectcannabisen
dc.subjectharm reductionen
dc.subjectonline forumen
dc.subjectvirtual communitiesen
dc.title“Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!” Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forumen_US
dc.typearticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
person.identifier.orcidWanke, Michał [0000-0003-0413-9838]
person.identifier.orcidZałęska, Olga [0000-0003-3349-5807]
person.identifier.orcidSiuda, Piotr [0000-0002-1644-5915]
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