Introduction

In this project, drug use and its representations in literary works are the main issues. For this reason, to show how it was common during the last three centuries and it is still a prevalent issue in modern life is the one of the main goals of the project.

In line with this, firstly, related statistics and graphs about drug use are presented. Secondly, research to decide on which books will be chosen was carried out. The article written by Day and Smith (2003) was read and the literary works mentioned in the article were chosen for analysis. Accordingly, the poem “Kubla Khan” written by Coleridge in 18^th century, the book “Confessions of an Opium-Eater” written by De Quincey in 19^th century, the book “Junky” written by Burroughs in 20^th century and the book “Trainspotting” written by Welsh in 20^th century are examined in this project.