Abstract

SIQUEIRA, Andréia Ferro  and  DARRIBA, Vinicius Anciães. The Double Function of Drug Use on Devastation. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.3, pp.1-.  Epub Mar 14, 2021. ISSN 1794-4724.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.7671.

This article proposes to reflect on the different functions that drug use may have for a subject. We begin with a theoretical discussion, starting with the statement of psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1975/1997, our translation) that says there would be "no other definition for drugs, other than this: what allows to break the marriage with the little pee-pee" (p.117). We continue with the elaboration of other psychoanalysts, who, over the years, have discovered that drug use can operate in a way that is different from the rupture with the phallic frame of jouissance. It can, otherwise, limit the devastating effects on the subject. The article seeks to substantiate its argument on the analysis of a clinical case, which calls the Lacanian premise into question, showing that drug use cannot be reduced to a single function.

Keywords : Psychoanalysis; jouissance; drug use; devastation.

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