Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 20 Issue 4

Editorial

Axel Klein, Aysel Sultan, Blaine Stothard

Heroin addiction: the clinic system, John Marks and a timeless classic

Toby Seddon

This extended review of Stimson and Oppenheimer’s classic book Heroin Addiction aims to highlight its contribution to the literature and consider its contemporary relevance for…

AUDIT Scotland 10 years on: explaining how funding decisions link to increased risk for drug related deaths among the poor

Iain McPhee, Barry Sheridan

In response to Scottish Government assertions that an ageing cohort explained increases in drug-related death (DRD), the previous research by the authors established that…

Public health participation in alcohol licensing decisions in England: the importance of navigating “contested space”

Linda Somerville, Betsy Thom, Rachel Herring

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of Public Health in licensing following The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act of 2011, which added ‘health bodies’ as…

Understanding addiction, relapse and recovery amongst substance using offenders – a qualitative study informed by developmental psychological theories

Beverly Love, Arlene Vetere, Paul Davis

Psychological developmental informed theories imply that addiction is not exclusively due to the addictive properties of the substance but that early psycho-social experiences are…

Fathers and substance misuse: a literature review

Linda Bell, Rachel Herring, Fizz Annand

The purpose of this paper is to review the following research questions from the available literature: What evidence is there to suggest that substance misuse specifically by…

“…I can use any syringe I find”: contextual determinants of HIV risk in public injecting settings in Nigeria

Ediomo-Ubong Ekpo Nelson, Macpherson Uchenna Nnam

The purpose of this study is to explore the contextual determinants of HIV risk among people who inject drugs (PWID) in public settings in Nigeria.

Nitrous oxide use among young people – new trends, policy challenges, and knowledge gaps

Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Sarah MacLean, Maria Dich Herold

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) use for recreational purposes appears to have increased among young people in several countries, including Denmark, Australia, The Netherlands and the UK. This…