If practicing Mormons eschew alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, do they use other sub-stances, abuse prescribed drugs, or engage in behavioral addictions? What cultural attitudes, pressures, or beliefs might contribute to self-medicating behaviors and addictions? Mental health professionals describe some of the ‘creative” drugs of choice used in LDS populations and the cultural beliefs employed to rationalize/support various forms of substance abuse.

Mary Ellen Robertson, Eric G. Swedin, Michael Crookston, Jennifer Chandler Jones, Glen Lambert