Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 229-230, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Transforming Addiction: Gender, Trauma, Transdisciplinarity
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 228-229, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Editorial
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 181-184, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Regulating online erotica – ethnographic observations of a UK-based adult entertainment provider
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 222-227, September 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to throw a new light on the online adult entertainment industry and help remove the stigma associated with it. Design/methodology/approach An ethnographic approach was taken, with participant observation and in-depth interviews with a number of informants. Findings This is an environment where female performers can enjoy good income opportunities and work in a safe environment. It also provides a high level of job security for technical support staff. Research limitations/implications The study used a sample s...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Cannabis Nation. Control and Consumption in Britain 1928-2008
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 230-232, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 229-230, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Transforming Addiction: Gender, Trauma, Transdisciplinarity
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 228-229, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Editorial
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 181-184, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Regulating online erotica – ethnographic observations of a UK-based adult entertainment provider
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, Page 222-227, September 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to throw a new light on the online adult entertainment industry and help remove the stigma associated with it. Design/methodology/approach An ethnographic approach was taken, with participant observation and in-depth interviews with a number of informants. Findings This is an environment where female performers can enjoy good income opportunities and work in a safe environment. It also provides a high level of job security for technical support staff. Research limitations/implications The study used a sample s...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 15, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Regulating online erotica – ethnographic observations of an UK based adult entertainment provider.
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose To throw a new light on the online adult entertainment industry and help remove the stigma associated with it Design/methodology/approach Ethnographic, inductive approach Findings This is an environment where female performers can enjoy good income opportunities and work in a safe environment. It also provides a high level of job security for technical support staff Research limitations/implications Small sample size, no access to clients Practical implications Important for light hand regulation to avoid pushing the industry off shore Originality/va...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The association between alcohol abstinence, drinking or binge drinking and drug use: is alcohol abstinence that safe?
This study investigates the association between alcohol abstinence and illicit drug use during early adulthood, and compares abstinence to moderate drinking and binge drinking, regrouped in different frequencies. Design/methodology/approach A total of 5,968 young male adults who completed the questionnaires were selected for the analyses. Alcohol abstinent participants were compared to moderate drinkers (who did not experience binge drinking during the previous 12 months), and casual, monthly, weekly and daily binge drinkers in terms of prevalence of drug use during early adulthood. Findings Alcohol abstinence was associ...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
A tale of two epidemics: drugs harm reduction and tobacco harm reduction in the United Kingdom
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose To compare the response to HIV/AIDS and drug use (drugs harm reduction) with tobacco harm reduction Design/methodology/approach Analysis of historical and contemporary sources, combined with personal knowledge of key stakeholders in the history and development of both fields. Findings Both drugs harm reduction and tobacco harm reduction share a similar objective - to reduce health risks for people who are unwilling or unable to stop using their drug of choice. Both also share a broader public health aim of helping people to make healthier decisions. Dru...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Prostitution policy, morality and the precautionary principle
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016. Purpose Purpose: This paper explores the contemporary regulation of sex work in England and Wales, placing this in the context of debates concerning morality, evidence and the efficacy of policy.
Design/methodology/approach This brief paper is based on reflections on the authors ’ research and their contribution to policy debates over the last two decades. Findings This paper presents prostitution policy as morality policy and suggests that it remains overwhelmingly based on the idea that prostitution is immoral and hence must be inherently harmful. Pra...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Vaporizing the pot world – easy, healthy, and cool
This article studies vaporizers – especially the vape pen – as a new technology in cannabis use. Until now, almost all information on the use of vaporizers or e-cigarettes for cannabis consumption has come from the internet, the popular press, and accounts by users, but not from the scientific literature. More research is need ed. Design/methodology/approach Since scientific studies of the phenomenon are virtually non-existent, I will also base my study on sociological reflections upon internet sites and articles published both in subcultural and mainstream media. For the first time, I will document a national estimat...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
The Regulating of Pleasure – challenges and constraints in developing a new regulatory paradigm
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2016. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
