ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the blind spot regarding the contemporary use of natural hallucinogens, including mushrooms and herbals. Insecure or hazardous, using drugs is seen as a pathological or at least non-healthy behavior. Epidemiological literature on drug use has also tended to ignore or insufficiently attend to the role of the thoughts, mood, or expectations of the individual as well the role of the social contexts in drugs consumption. After the historic use of hallucinogenic drugs during the so-called Psychedelic Movement in the 1960s, the consumption of those substances declined from the mid-1970's throughout the 1980's. In 2006, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) identified a growing interest for natural hallucinogens such as mushrooms amongst young Europeans. According to the narratives, natural hallucinogens appear also as "confusing substances". Consumption of natural hallucinogens is not always fully enjoyable. In other words, the individuals have their own reasons and organization framing their hallucinogen consumption.
