Recreational drugs

The question of the use of recreational drugs under Code d’ Odalisque comes under the heading “wine”. The Code refers to and regulates the use of “wine” but this is a generic term and can mean not only wine (as in fermented grape juice) but other types of alcohol and also other recreational substances, natural or artificial. The Code specifically mentions absinthe and hashish as the inebriants traditionally associated with odalisque slave play and odalisque culture.

Of course, different gentlemen have different tastes. What’s your poison? Absinthe? Hashish? It might be fine whiskey, or other spirits; it might be wines, it might be some tropical root, or herb, or some pharmaceutical, prescription or off-the-shelf. Despite puritanical crusades from time to time most societies are drug-taking cultures. This is a fact. Recreational drugs of some form – let’s include coffee and tea here – are found at every level of society. Modern medicine offers a huge range of drugs that can be and are used recreationally. In Code d’ Ode - subject to certain provisions - drugs can be used to manipulate and control the moods and responses of the slave. For example, she can be dosed on coffee or caffeine pills to keep her awake. Or given mild sedatives to make her drowsy and compliant. There are many possibilities.

The category of “wine” under Code d’ Ode refers more particularly to substances used to enhance sexual arousal or pleasure. Code d’ Ode is about sexual submission and hedonistic enjoyment. The enjoyment of “wine” is not an end in itself: it is an adjunct to sexual play. Under Code d’ Ode there is no in principle objection to the use of any recreational drugs to enhance sexual pleasure. Substances that induce euphoria, or accentuate pleasures, or lower inhibitions, or help relaxation, or stimulate arousal have been used to accompany sex for thousands of years. Along with aphrodisiacs, it is a traditional dimension of the erotic arts. The ethos of Code d’ Ode is openly hedonistic. It is an invocation of Dionysus, god of the vine and of orgia. In his pursuit of fantasy and fulfillment, the Slavekeeper can explore this dimension of odalisque culture.

Note the following points, however:

*Safety first. Any indulgence must be carefully calculated and all risks should be considered in advance. All drugs can be dangerous.

*The use of any mind or mood altering substance, including alcohol, on an odalisque must be absolutely consensual. She must be informed in advance and fully agree. It is plainly unethical – and illegal – to dope a person without their knowledge. It is an especially delicate matter since sex is involved too. Consent. Above all, consent. Be careful: inebriation can compromise consent.

*The Code also stipulates that an odalisque should not be brought into activities that are criminal. An odalisque should not be exposed to crime or placed in a situation where she is implicated in crime. This means that criminal drugs – certainly hard drugs that carry prison terms - are excluded. In most, but not all, jurisdictions this will include hashish, even though it was traditionally a drug associated with odalisque slavery. Other preparations from cannabis may be legal or semi-legal in some places.

*Many drugs are addictive. The proper enjoyment of recreational drugs is occasional and assiduously avoids the pitfalls of addiction. Absinthe is lovely, but not every night. Certainly, an odalisque must be protected from addictions. A Slavekeeper cannot habituate an odalisque to some recreational drug.

*Show some class. Guzzling beer from the tin is not an appropriate adjunct to odalisque play. Choose fine wines instead. Or learn the fine art of preparing absinthe. A group of guys sitting around sucking on a bong is a bad look too. An odalisque should be protected from cheap and seedy scenes. She is a precious jewel. Code d’ Ode is hedonistic, but it is nevertheless also about elegance and refinement.

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Under the codifications of Code d’ Odalisque, the odalisque has the “arts of wine” among her duties. It is her duty to prepare and serve her Master his “wine.” This is counted as one of her arts.

2.15. - Arts of the odalisque 

An odalisque is an expert in the sensuous arts, the arts of the bath and the arts of wine, and such arts as accompany the provision of pleasure to her Keeper 

10.6. - An odalisque shall serve wine 

An odalisque shall serve wine to her Keeper and attend to his sensual pleasures.

15.14. - Training to serve drinks 

The training of an odalisque will normally include instruction in the preparation and serving of wines, drinks and other inebriants. 

24.54. - Cockslave is wine attendant. 

The preparation and serving of her Master's wine is an important part of an odalisque's duties. An odalisque is her Keeper's wine attendant.