Drugs: education, prevention and policy
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We publish peer reviewed, multi-disciplinary research papers, reviews & commentaries on policy, treatment, prevention & harm reduction issues regarding the use of alcohol, tobacco & other drugs. https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/idep20
Substance use among deaf and hard of hearing individuals: a scoping review of prevalence and patterns
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Substance use among deaf and hard of hearing individuals: a scoping review of prevalence and patterns
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Open access: ‘People would notice if you drank wine in the office, right?’ Heavy-drinking employees’ experiences with changes in work conditions during and after COVID-19
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‘People would notice if you drank wine in the office, right?’ Heavy-drinking employees’ experiences with changes in work conditions during and after COVID-19
Surveys suggest that while total alcohol consumption remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic, heavy drinkers often increased their alcohol consumption. This study aimed to explore heavy drinki...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Open access: ‘People would notice if you drank wine in the office, right?’ Heavy-drinking employees’ experiences with changes in work conditions during and after COVID-19
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The role of fathers in adolescent cannabis use disorder: Public perceptions of paternal shame and responsibility
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The role of fathers in adolescent cannabis use disorder: Public perceptions of paternal shame and responsibility
Background: When youth experience substance use disorders (SUDs), their parents are often faced with stigma and assigned responsibility for their child’s disorder. While existing literature primari...
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The role of fathers in adolescent cannabis use disorder: Public perceptions of paternal shame and responsibility
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Open access: Exploring women’s views toward no-lo alcohol products during pregnancy: a photo elicitation guided qualitative study
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Exploring women’s views toward no-lo alcohol products during pregnancy: a photo elicitation guided qualitative study
Pregnancy encompasses a period of socially expected and medically advised abstinence from alcohol. The UK has one of the highest rates of alcohol exposed pregnancies globally. ‘Non-alcoholic and lo...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Open access: Exploring women’s views toward no-lo alcohol products during pregnancy: a photo elicitation guided qualitative study
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Perceptions of licit and illicit substance use among women of reproductive age: examining racial and ethnic differences
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Perceptions of licit and illicit substance use among women of reproductive age: examining racial and ethnic differences
For women of reproductive age, understanding perceptions of substance use risks is essential for making informed health decisions. This study examined the racial and ethnic differences in perceptio...
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Perceptions of licit and illicit substance use among women of reproductive age: examining racial and ethnic differences
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Online now: Associations between cannabis use and self-rated quality of life among adults in the United States
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Associations between cannabis use and self-rated quality of life among adults in the United States
The objective of this study was to explore whether cannabis users differ in their self-reported quality of life, compared to non-users.This investigation analyzed the BRFSS cross-sectional telephon...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Online now: Associations between cannabis use and self-rated quality of life among adults in the United States
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Open access: Managing competition in hybrid drug markets: How Snapchat mediates opportunities and risks for drug dealers’ practices
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Managing competition in hybrid drug markets: How Snapchat mediates opportunities and risks for drug dealers’ practices
Social media platforms have come to play a key role in facilitating retail-level drug sales. While much existing research has focused on how digital technologies shape seller-customer relations, th...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Open access: Managing competition in hybrid drug markets: How Snapchat mediates opportunities and risks for drug dealers’ practices
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Open access: Between fidelity and sustainability: a mixed-methods study of the implementation and healthcare utilization outcomes of two alcohol assertive outreach treatment models
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October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Open access: Between fidelity and sustainability: a mixed-methods study of the implementation and healthcare utilization outcomes of two alcohol assertive outreach treatment models
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Open access: Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age by
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Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age
There have been significant declines in alcohol use for adolescents in high-income countries since the mid-2000s. Research suggests key factors are driving this, including: (1) negative attitudes t...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Open access: Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age by
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Evaluation of the outcomes and influencing factors of non-custodial educational programmes for people who use drugs in South Korea
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October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Evaluation of the outcomes and influencing factors of non-custodial educational programmes for people who use drugs in South Korea
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Open access: Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector
Published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Open access: Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: interviews with various family members www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: interviews with various family members
Research on the perspectives of various family members of people who use methamphetamine is limited. We draw from Family Systems Theory to examine how families navigate these relationships.Semi-str...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Open access: Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: interviews with various family members www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: Qualitative exploration of the relationships between people who regularly use methamphetamine and their family and friends www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Qualitative exploration of the relationships between people who regularly use methamphetamine and their family and friends
Informed by social worlds theory, this study aimed to explore the social worlds of people who use methamphetamine and how these worlds intersect with one another.Semi-structured interviews were con...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Open access: Qualitative exploration of the relationships between people who regularly use methamphetamine and their family and friends www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: Triggering motivations for change: exploring engagement in adult police-led drug diversion programs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Triggering motivations for change: exploring engagement in adult police-led drug diversion programs
The harm reduction effects of police drug diversion (PDD) are influenced by how people engage with diversion, which is moderated by their motivation to change. Underlying influences can be revealed...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Open access: Triggering motivations for change: exploring engagement in adult police-led drug diversion programs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Open access: Qualitative evaluation of a physical activity motivation intervention at a residential substance use disorder treatment facility
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Qualitative evaluation of a physical activity motivation intervention at a residential substance use disorder treatment facility
Research on physical activity (PA) interventions for individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs) has yielded mixed findings regarding impact on substance use, mental health, and physical health...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Open access: Qualitative evaluation of a physical activity motivation intervention at a residential substance use disorder treatment facility
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Open access: Beyond a spoiled identity: Destigmatization through everyday interactions in heroin-assisted treatment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Beyond a spoiled identity: Destigmatization through everyday interactions in heroin-assisted treatment
Despite increased awareness of stigma toward people diagnosed with opioid use disorder (OUD), these people often continue to encounter labeling and discrimination, even within healthcare settings. ...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Open access: Beyond a spoiled identity: Destigmatization through everyday interactions in heroin-assisted treatment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From violent to vulnerable? How door staff police illicit drugs in the United Kingdom’s night-time economy www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
From violent to vulnerable? How door staff police illicit drugs in the United Kingdom’s night-time economy
This study explores how door staff police drugs in a night-time economy setting. Specifically, the aim was to understand this phenomenon within the context of ongoing professionalization of the pri...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
From violent to vulnerable? How door staff police illicit drugs in the United Kingdom’s night-time economy www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Open access: Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden
by Tuulia Lerkanaen, Jessica Storbjork, Lena Eriksson
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Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden
Drug policy is a polarized and value-laden policy area with divergent interests of stakeholders. Through a Swedish case study, this article examines stakeholders’ strategies to influence drug polic...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Open access: Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden
by Tuulia Lerkanaen, Jessica Storbjork, Lena Eriksson
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Out-of-treatment dependent drinkers and people who use opiates or crack: the perceptions of professionals working in two locations in England
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Out-of-treatment dependent drinkers and people who use opiates or crack: the perceptions of professionals working in two locations in England
Following the influential Black Review, engaging out-of-treatment people who use drugs in structured provision was a particular priority in England. There is little known, however, about profession...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Out-of-treatment dependent drinkers and people who use opiates or crack: the perceptions of professionals working in two locations in England
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‘Involuntary treatment’ for severe substance use disorders (SUDs). An overview of key issues, experiences and outcomes for consideration in policy development in Canada
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‘Involuntary treatment’ for severe substance use disorders (SUDs). An overview of key issues, experiences and outcomes for consideration in policy development in Canada [r1]
In the midst an ongoing public health-crisis from toxic drug use, overdose deaths and compromised community safety, policy-officials in Canada have called to consider mobilizing ‘involuntary treatm...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
‘Involuntary treatment’ for severe substance use disorders (SUDs). An overview of key issues, experiences and outcomes for consideration in policy development in Canada
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Stigma and alcohol use disorder: Insights from a qualitative study with patients, family members and health care providers
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Stigma and alcohol use disorder: Insights from a qualitative study with patients, family members and health care providers
Stigma experiences have been frequently reported among individuals with alcohol use disorder (AUD). The aim of the present study was to investigate perspectives on alcohol stigma of three groups: s...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Stigma and alcohol use disorder: Insights from a qualitative study with patients, family members and health care providers
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Pathways into marginality: social suffering, homelessness, and drug use in post-crisis Athens
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Pathways into marginality: social suffering, homelessness, and drug use in post-crisis Athens
People experiencing homelessness who use drugs constitute one of the most marginalized and vulnerable populations.This study investigates the pathways to marginality for 41 people experiencing home...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Pathways into marginality: social suffering, homelessness, and drug use in post-crisis Athens
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Gender-responsive addiction treatment: Centering women’s voices to advance trauma-informed and transformative care
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Gender-responsive addiction treatment: Centering women’s voices to advance trauma-informed and transformative care
Women with substance use disorders face distinct and compounding barriers to addiction treatment, including trauma histories, caregiving responsibilities, stigma, and structural inequality. Despite...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Gender-responsive addiction treatment: Centering women’s voices to advance trauma-informed and transformative care
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Including lived experience in substance use research
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From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025 @jameswindle.bsky.social
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From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025 @jameswindle.bsky.social
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