Psychology question…I need a name, term, concept, etc. Please share your ideas…?

Question by Sarah: Psychology question…I need a name, term, concept, etc. Please share your ideas…?
I am writing a research paper about drug trafficking and I am looking for a psychology term, concept, name, something…. What I am looking for relates to the fact of drugs being illegal and a possible reason for drug abuse being the psychological response of “I can’t have it so I want to have it” or something along the lines of that. Is there any concept or response in the field of psychology that correlates to that idea?

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Answer by Nucular
Probably the closest concept is ‘psychological reactance’, which very briefly is the idea that people tend to to ‘react’ psychologically (cognitively and emotionally) against restriction or oppression.

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