Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 9 Issue 3
Table of contents
Policy forum
Axel KleinA new offence of ‘drug covering’ should be created, with penalty ranges of six to 12 months. This would allow sentencers to distinguish between drug mules and principals, as the…
Policy forum
Griffith Edwards, Tom Babor, Shane Darke, Wayne Hall, John Marsden, Peter Miller, Robert WestThis editorial will contend that the execution of people convicted of drug trafficking and other drug‐related offences is a penalty that should be abolished, as it is both…
Drug use and motherhood: strategies for managing identity
Polly RadcliffeInterviews with pregnant substance misusing women and women who had given birth in the previous two years suggest that they are engaged in a process of managing spoiled identities…
Substance misuse: the relationship between attachment styles, personality traits and coping in drug and non‐drug users
Sarah Davidson, Carol IrelandThis study examined an individual's drug use in relation to their coping styles, personality traits and attachment style. A total of 98 participants (46 females and 52 males) took…
Reflections on Welsh substance misuse services in a global context
Glyn DaviesFollowing the inspiration of attending the International Harm Reduction Association Conference 2009, a number of questions arise relating to substance misuse services in Wales…
Nice people take drugs
Claudia RubinExplaining the purpose behind Release's Popular Nice People Take Drugs campaign, this article suggests that drug policy organisations need to engage more widely with the public to…
ISSN:
1745-9265Renamed to:
Drugs, Habits and Social PolicyOnline date, start – end:
2001 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
- Dr Axel Klein
- Mr Blaine Stothard
- Dr Aysel Sultan