This study addresses risk reduction strategies and pleasure management regarding consumption of snortable drugs in a sample of Chilean university students. The research objectives correspond to the identification of the patterns of substance use; the description of the social learning processes of risk reduction strategies; and the identification of the risks and pleasures associated with intranasal drug use in the sample. The working assumptions were that students learn the strategies through their peers, that they use them partially, and that women are more discrete with their use than men. Using snowball sampling, a sample of 10 Chilean university students was formed: 4 men, 4 women and 2 non-binary, with residence in 3 regions of the country. Following the logic of emergent design, a questionnaire was designed and applied in the format of an online or face-to-face semi-structured interview. The transcripts were subjected to a qualitative content analysis, with the support of ATLAS.ti 9 software. The results show patterns of controlled and/or marginal consumption among the students, who learned harm reduction strategies mainly from friends, then family and even dealers. The main substances referred to are cocaine, ketamine and tusi, which have both shared risks and pleasures as well as their own. The results serve as input for public policy and highlight the need for regulation of the recreational drugs market.