Drug Culture

A Perugian allowed me to take a photo of the inside of his cigarette box, which contained hash, not cigarettes. He did not want to be interviewed or identified. Photo by Catie Callaghan	Graffiti in Rome, Italy, reads “Totti e Xanax." It references Francesco Totti, a well-known former A.S. Roma futbol player who refused a drug test in 2007, leading people to believe he was using drugs. Photo by Heather Hurst	While walking up the hill into historic Perugia, we passed two men who were smoking. The smell of weed encircled them, and it looked like they were on a break from a laborer's job. Photo by Annelise Orthey
(From left) Two Perugians smoke a “hash cigarette” alongside their third friend, Bruno Pipolo, a 26 year old living in Perugia. The two friends did not want to be directly in the photo as they thought it was a condemnation of their recreational drug use. Photo by Heather Hurst	Past 10 p.m., a Perugian bar called Dempsey’s attracts crowds of young people smoking various types of joints and cigarettes outside. The bartender was adamant that everyone left the bar by 1:30 a.m., a new rule intended to clamp down on drug activity in clubs. Photo by Heather Hurst