Regulating online erotica – ethnographic observations of an UK based adult entertainment provider.
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/3" > Volume 16, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > 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...
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 asso...
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, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/3" > Volume 16, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > 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...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Prostitution policy, morality and the precautionary principle
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/3" > Volume 16, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > 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. & #xD; 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 t...
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 estima...
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, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/3" > Volume 16, Issue 3 < /a > , September 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - July 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
All well with world drug control system – just give us more money
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Alcohol and Public Policy
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 177-178, June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Addiction Trajectories
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 176-177, June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Using drug courts for drug postmarketing surveillance
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 165-175, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – One of the greatest challenges for drug regulation is valid, comprehensive surveillance of drugs after they reach the pharmaceutical market. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new method of individual and aggregate-level postmarket surveillance using data previously (and continuously) col lected by drug courts, which are in operation in nearly every geographic corner of the USA. Design/methodology/approach – To determine the feasibility of such an undertaking, ...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Applying the lessons of VSA to new psychoactive substances
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 150-164, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore whether there are ways in which the preventive strategies used to tackle volatile substance abuse (VSA) can be usefully applied to today’s new psychoactive substances (NPS). Design/methodology/approach – In 2010-2013, with funding from the Big Lott ery, Re-Solv, in partnership with St George’s, University of London, and educari, commissioned a re-analysis of both the mortality data relating to VSA and of the legislative and ...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Injecting ATS/NPS use and drug abjection in Romania
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 142-149, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a group of Romanian injecting substance users “migrating” from heroin to novel psychoactive substances (NPS) as a counterpublic seeking to escape the stigma of drug abjection. Design/methodology/approach – The findings are drawn from intervie w and observational data collected mainly at drug services sites in Bucharest, Romania. Findings – The stimulant powders sold by head shops appealed to experienced drug users ...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
School-based drug education and prevention: the impact of inspection and curriculum provision
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , Page 131-141, June 2016. < br/ > Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the links between school inspection requirements as represented by Ofsted and the provision of drug education programmes in schools. Design/methodology/approach – An examination of relevant guidance from the Department of Education and the school ins pection agency Ofsted; and reference to the research literature and evidence base around drug education. Findings – The provision of drug education programmes in schools is in...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Addressing perceptions of opiate-using prisoners to take-home naloxone: findings from one English region
Discussions were recorded using short-hand and the data were subsequently thematically interpreted using visual mapping techniques. Findings – The survey highlighted a high degree of exposure amongst prisoners to overdose either directly (54 per cent) or having wi tnessed another person’s overdose (73 per cent). For prisoners who had overdosed, only a minority (38 per cent) were taken to hospital by an ambulance. In total, 81 per cent of prisoners surveyed also expressed little or no knowledge about THN prior to training. Prisoners were resistant to THN as an intervention resulting from this lack of prior knowledge...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
All well with world drug control system – just give us more money
Drugs and Alcohol Today, < a href="http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/dat/16/2" > Volume 16, Issue 2 < /a > , June 2016. < br/ > (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - May 23, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
