The Chemical Lives of Young Filipinos

Many young Filipinos are using a wide array of ‘chemicals’ that structure, and are structured by, their everyday lives. These chemicals - cosmetics, supplements, narcotics, beverages - range from local to foreign, cheap to expensive, licit to illicit; orally ingested to topically applied, and are us...

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Main Author: Lasco, Gideon
Format: text
Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
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Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/66
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1065&context=dev-stud-faculty-pubs
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Institution: Ateneo De Manila University
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Summary:Many young Filipinos are using a wide array of ‘chemicals’ that structure, and are structured by, their everyday lives. These chemicals - cosmetics, supplements, narcotics, beverages - range from local to foreign, cheap to expensive, licit to illicit; orally ingested to topically applied, and are used for different reasons in a variety of contexts. This chapter analyzes and seeks to make sense of the use of chemicals by young Filipinos.