Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: Volume 23 Issue 1

Editorial

Aysel Sultan, Marta Rychert

WHO’s first scientific review of medicinal Cannabis: from global struggle to patient implications

Kenzi Riboulet-Zemouli, Michael Alan Krawitz

“Cannabis” and “cannabis resin” are derived from the Cannabis plant, used as herbal medications, in traditional medicine and as active pharmaceutical ingredients. Since 1961, they…

Look what’s coming over the hill: DAST-10 problem severity among non treatment seeking young people

Iain McPhee, Barry Sheridan, Andrew Horne, Steph Keenan, Fiona Houston

This study aims to provide data on substance use amongst young people in Scotland to inform policy and practice for an age group who generally do not access specialist alcohol and…

Vulnerability, transgenerationality, parenting styles, and use of psychoactive substances by adolescents

Ana Lucia Castello, Hugo Rafael Silva, Kelsy Areco, Paulo Paiva, Dartiu Da Silveira

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between parenting styles, family psychological vulnerability environment (FPVE) and drug use among adolescents.

An exploration of identity change in post-detoxification alcohol dependent individuals

Caitlin Notley, Ben Houghton, Vivienne Maskrey, Richard Holland, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Bhaskar Punukollu, Theodora Duka, Christos Kouimtsidis

Dependent alcohol use is a severe addictive disorder with significant enduring consequences for health and social functioning. This study aims to inductively explore the process…

Canadian government discourses on the overdose death crisis: limitations of a bio-evidenced approach

Ana M. Ning, Rick Csiernik

Critical analyses of health policies and practices may appear to lack practicality during unprecedented times that demand immediate solutions. This paper aims to use critical…

Malaysian household expenditure on tobacco: evidence from pooled cross-sectional quantile estimations

Yong Kang Cheah, Kim-Leng Goh, Azira Abdul Adzis

This study aims to examine the factors associated with household expenditure share on tobacco at different ranges of the expenditure share among Malaysian households.