Social representations of polydrug use in a Finnish newspaper 1990 –2016
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the social representations of polydrug use in the Finnish mainstream media. Social representations are shared ways of talking about socially relevant issues and have ramifications on both individual and socio-political levels. Design/methodology/approach The social representations theory and the “What’s the problem represented to be?” analysis provided the theoretical framework. In total, 405 newspaper articles were used as data and analysed by content analysis and thematic analysis. The key tenets of the social representations t...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - December 17, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Time to look beyond ageing as a factor? Alternative explanations for the continuing rise in drug related deaths in Scotland
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons and risk factors that explain the threefold increase in drug-related deaths from 267 in 1996 to 934 in 2017 in Scotland. The authors explore the known links between deprivation and problem drug use (PDU) and discuss the impact of drug policy and service provision on PDU and drug-related deaths. Design/methodology/approach Using quantitative data sets from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) for drug-related deaths registered in 2017 and data sets from the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), we produce statis...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - December 17, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Social representations of polydrug use in a Finnish newspaper 1990 –2016
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the social representations of polydrug use in the Finnish mainstream media. Social representations are shared ways of talking about socially relevant issues and have ramifications on both individual and socio-political levels. Design/methodology/approach The social representations theory and the “What’s the problem represented to be?” analysis provided the theoretical framework. In total, 405 newspaper articles were used as data and analysed by content analysis and thematic analysis. The key tenets of the social representations t...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - December 17, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Consumer participation in drug treatment: a systematic review
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose It is unclear how consumer participation (CP) can be optimised to transform drug and alcohol treatment services and improve health outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a systematic review examining the types and benefits of activities, and the factors that facilitate CP in drug treatment services. Design/methodology/approach A structured search of four databases was undertaken to identify peer reviewed primary research literature in English. Screened articles were appraised. A content analysis was applied to examine the types and outcomes of CP...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
In this issue
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 205-205, December 2018. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 22, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
This place is like the jungle: discussions about psychoactive substances on a cryptomarket
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 250-261, December 2018. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse dynamics amongst members to better understand in what terms and to what extent marketplace forums can be seen as new forms of harm reduction. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative analysis focused on conversations about psychoactive substances on the forum community of AlphaBay Market. A sample consists of 100 online threads. The data, collected in July 2016, were analysed by applying the grounded theory approach with the support of Atlas.ti. Findings Conversations in the marketplace forum...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 18, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
This place is like the jungle: discussions about psychoactive substances on a cryptomarket
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse dynamics amongst members to better understand in what terms and to what extent marketplace forums can be seen as new forms of harm reduction. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative analysis focused on conversations about psychoactive substances on the forum community of AlphaBay Market. A sample consists of 100 online threads. The data, collected in July 2016, were analysed by applying the grounded theory approach with the support of Atlas.ti. Findings Conversations in the marketplace forum focus mostly on the purchase. C...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 18, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Perceptions of alcohol use in UK 12 –14 year olds
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose A continuing challenge in the design of effective interventions to prevent adolescents ’ alcohol misuse is understanding adolescent drinking behaviour. Although previous research has indicated a number of factors that might predict drinking behaviour, there has been less qualitative exploration of adolescents’ own views. The purpose of this paper is to gain a further understanding of adolescents’ views towards alcohol use and the types of environment in which adolescents drink alcohol. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative design was employed with eight focus gro...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - October 16, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
Alcopops: a global perspective on the new category of alcoholic beverage
Drugs and Alcohol Today, Ahead of Print. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the history, classification, regulation, the current market and consumer trends and health effects of alcopops. Design/methodology/approach The articles reviewed were selected based on the following key descriptors such as alcopop, history, classification, types, production and consumption trend, health benefits and adverse effect. Findings “Alcopop” is a collective term used to refer to flavored alcoholic beverages (FAB), also known as malt alcoholic beverage; ready-to-drink beverage (RTD); pre-packaged spirit or premium packag...
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - September 25, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
In this issue
Drugs and Alcohol Today,Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 157-158, September 2018. (Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today)
Source: Drugs and Alcohol Today - August 21, 2018 Category: Addiction Source Type: research
