druglore

English

Alternative forms

• drug-lore, drug lore

Etymology

From drug +‎ lore.

Noun

druglore (uncountable)

1. The knowledge or study of drugs and drug culture.
   • 1974, Keystone Folklore:

     This "druglore" as he calls it was collected by students in the 1960's in Berkeley, Austin and Bloomington, and as far as I know much of it is in print for the first time.

   • 1978, Richard M. Dorson, Folklore in the Modern World:

     Meanwhile the youth culture has generated a lively druglore and rock festival scene attuned to the vibrations of the 1960's and 1970's. Many of the themes in this new druglore can be recognized as time-honored in tradition — […]

   • 2012, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture:

     Although Fowlkes means to indict, this comment could equally serve as a tribute to the British youth who took this imported music and built a culture around it, an entire apparatus of clothes and rituals, dance-moves and drug-lore.