page_title: Recreational drug use
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Recreational drug use / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+), in litres of pure alcohol
context_page_description: Recreational drug use is the use of a psychoactive drug to induce an altered state of consciousness for pleasure, by modifying the perceptions, feelings, and emotions of the user. When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect. Generally, recreational drugs are in three categories: depressants; stimulants; and hallucinogens.
  In popular practice, recreational drug use generally is a tolerated social behaviour, rather than perceived as the medical condition of self-medication. However, heavy use of some drugs is socially stigmatized. Many people also use prescribed and controlled depressants such as opioids, along with opiates, and benzodiazepines.
  Recreational drugs include alcohol; cannabis and hashish; nicotine; caffeine; prescription drugs; and the controlled substances listed as controlled drugs in the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of the United Nations. What controlled substances are considered generally unlawful to possess varies by country, but usually includes methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, MDMA and club drugs.
caption: Total recorded alcohol per capita consumption (15+), in liters of pure alcohol[21]
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