: The user must learn to identify the physical sensations (like hunger or altered perception) and consciously connect them to the drug.

: The novice must learn to smoke in a way that produces real physical effects, often by watching and imitating experienced users.

You can find and download Howard Becker's work, originally titled " Becoming a Marihuana User " and translated as , through academic repositories like ResearchGate or Academia.edu . Piece: The Social Construction of a "High"

: Many first-time effects can be frightening. A user only continues if they learn to redefine these sensations as pleasurable through social interaction and reassurance from the community.

In this seminal work, Howard Becker challenges the idea that drug use is driven by psychological predispositions or innate traits. Instead, he argues that the experience of being "high" is a . According to Becker, an individual only becomes a regular user by moving through three specific stages: