“…Internationally, there is very little research that examines substance use outside individualized, problemfocused epistemologies (Kiepek, Van de Ven et al, 2019). Discourses and research are shifting to recognize nonproblematic factors influencing substance use, such as pleasure (Lancaster et al, 2017;Moore, 2008;Nutt, 2012;Race, 2017;Ritter, 2014;Winstock & Nutt, 2013), performance enhancement (Enck, 2014;Kiepek, Harris et al, 2019), spirituality and ceremony (Labate, 2014;Laughlin, 2018;Tedlock & Tedlock, 1975), and enhanced lives (Evans-Brown et al, 2012). Use of substances for enhancement is primarily conceptualized as a means to compensate for disease-or illness-related dysfunction and/or facilitate performance beyond a persons' typical capabilities (Forlini, 2018).…”