Lalande, Aude <br/><br/>
“Profane” and “Wise” Knowledge: Smoke and Mirrors at the Medical Center 

 -  2016.<br/>							 
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<br/><br/> Consumers of psychoactive substances handle a specific body of knowledge about drugs’ effects that is both close to and very different from that of doctors. How should we consider this singular knowledge, which can sometimes blur reference points, in the medical relationship? After attempting to characterize what is usually called the “layman’s knowledge” of drug users, the article turns to some concrete situations of interaction (or of noninteraction) between patients and doctors, which more or less favor the cross-fertilization of their respective sets of knowledge. It then questions the terms of their alliance and asks how the ever-dissonant voices of these patients can be listened to more attentively.