According to Erich Goode, licit drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine can be used to achieve a certain mental or psychic state. Which term describes this practice in Goode's framework?

According to Erich Goode, licit drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine can be used to achieve a certain mental or psychic state. Which term describes this practice in Goode's framework?

• A. Legal instrumental
• B. Legal recreational
• C. Illegal instrumental
• D. Illegal recreational

Answer: (B)

Goode’s framework separates why people use drugs from whether the drugs are legal, creating four categories: legal instrumental, legal recreational, illegal instrumental, and illegal recreational. When licit substances like alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine are used to change how a person feels—to relax, become more sociable, or simply experience a certain mood—that's legal recreational use. The key idea is that the motive is mood or social experience rather than accomplishing a specific practical task, which would be instrumental use. Since the substances are legally available, the category is legal, and because the aim is to alter a mental state for pleasure or sociability rather than to achieve a concrete outcome, it fits recreational rather than instrumental use. If the goal were to stay awake for work or study, it would be legal instrumental.

Goode’s framework separates why people use drugs from whether the drugs are legal, creating four categories: legal instrumental, legal recreational, illegal instrumental, and illegal recreational. When licit substances like alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine are used to change how a person feels—to relax, become more sociable, or simply experience a certain mood—that's legal recreational use. The key idea is that the motive is mood or social experience rather than accomplishing a specific practical task, which would be instrumental use. Since the substances are legally available, the category is legal, and because the aim is to alter a mental state for pleasure or sociability rather than to achieve a concrete outcome, it fits recreational rather than instrumental use. If the goal were to stay awake for work or study, it would be legal instrumental.