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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. www.tandfonline.com/journals/idep20

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Tim Piatkowski @piatkowskitim.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
New collab in @deppjournal.bsky.social, Lead: Mostafa Finding show we need targeted, age-appropriate harm reduction and alternative service delivery models. @jasonferris22.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social et al. @uqchsr.bsky.social @cretobacco.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0968...
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Needle service provider trends for image and performance enhancing drugs in Queensland, Australia 2016–2023
Image and performance-enhancing drug (IPED) use is an emerging health concern in Australia, particularly within needle and syringe programs (NSPs). This study examined trends in IPED equipment acce...
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Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
How and why consensus fractured at the 2024 session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: an exploratory study of international drug policy constellations using social network analysis and qualitative comparative analysis. @deppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... £0 #OA
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How and why consensus fractured at the 2024 session of the UN Commission on narcotic drugs: an exploratory study of international drug policy constellations using social network analysis and qualitati...
Consensus in international drug policy has fractured. It would be useful to explain how and why this occurred.This exploratory study develops and tests theory and methods for describing and explain...
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Dr Emily Nicholls @dremilynicholls.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
New publication @deppjournal.bsky.social with Sam Burton and colleagues @ljmuofficial.bsky.social on women's views towards no and low alcohol drinks during pregnancy #noandlowalcohol #sociology #research #nolo #pregnancy
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Injecting hope: a novel community pharmacy needle syringe program providing monetary incentives and free needle packs to promote hepatitis C screening by Regan Preston et al www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Injecting hope: a novel community pharmacy needle syringe program providing monetary incentives and free needle packs to promote hepatitis C screening
This study aimed to assess the feasibility of implementing a community pharmacy–based needle-syringe program (NSP) that provides free needle packs and monetary incentives to recruit people who curr...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Open access: How and why consensus fractured at the 2024 session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: an exploratory study of international drug policy constellations using social network analysis and qualitative comparative analysis doi.org/10.1080/0968... @profalexstevens.bsky.social
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How and why consensus fractured at the 2024 session of the UN Commission on narcotic drugs: an exploratory study of international drug policy constellations using social network analysis and qualitati...
Consensus in international drug policy has fractured. It would be useful to explain how and why this occurred.This exploratory study develops and tests theory and methods for describing and explain...
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ISSDP @issdrugpolicy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Great news - The deadline for the 2026 Conference of the International Society for the Study of #DrugPolicy in Perth Australia has been extended to 15 December. 🦘 To submit you abstracts go to issdp.org
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Substance use among deaf and hard of hearing individuals: a scoping review of prevalence and patterns www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
The role of fathers in adolescent cannabis use disorder: Public perceptions of paternal shame and responsibility doi.org/10.1080/0968...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Open access: Exploring women’s views toward no-lo alcohol products during pregnancy: a photo elicitation guided qualitative study doi.org/10.1080/0968...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Perceptions of licit and illicit substance use among women of reproductive age: examining racial and ethnic differences www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Online now: Associations between cannabis use and self-rated quality of life among adults in the United States www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Open access: Managing competition in hybrid drug markets: How Snapchat mediates opportunities and risks for drug dealers’ practices www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Open access: Between fidelity and sustainability: a mixed-methods study of the implementation and healthcare utilization outcomes of two alcohol assertive outreach treatment models www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Open access: Risk versus pleasure: understanding changing attitudes of non- and light-drinking young people as they age by @amypennay.bsky.social @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social @megancook.bsky.social @michaellivingston.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Evaluation of the outcomes and influencing factors of non-custodial educational programmes for people who use drugs in South Korea www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Open access: Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Open access: Family relationships with someone who uses methamphetamine: interviews with various family members www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Open access: Qualitative exploration of the relationships between people who regularly use methamphetamine and their family and friends www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Open access: Triggering motivations for change: exploring engagement in adult police-led drug diversion programs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Open access: Qualitative evaluation of a physical activity motivation intervention at a residential substance use disorder treatment facility www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Open access: Beyond a spoiled identity: Destigmatization through everyday interactions in heroin-assisted treatment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Open access: Stakeholders’ opportunities and attempts to influence drug policy in Sweden by Tuulia Lerkanaen, Jessica Storbjork, Lena Eriksson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Out-of-treatment dependent drinkers and people who use opiates or crack: the perceptions of professionals working in two locations in England www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
‘Involuntary treatment’ for severe substance use disorders (SUDs). An overview of key issues, experiences and outcomes for consideration in policy development in Canada www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Stigma and alcohol use disorder: Insights from a qualitative study with patients, family members and health care providers www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Pathways into marginality: social suffering, homelessness, and drug use in post-crisis Athens www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Gender-responsive addiction treatment: Centering women’s voices to advance trauma-informed and transformative care www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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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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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Call for papers for Special Issue: Including lived experience in substance use research think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Including lived experience in substance use research
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
From denial to pregnancy and motherhood to 'gender informed'? Women and Ireland's alcohol and drug strategies, 1996-2025 @jameswindle.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Open access: Cupping a solution: ‘screening from a cup’ incentive for hepatitis C in community program for opioid pharmacotherapy clients www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Cupping a solution: ‘screening from a cup’ incentive for hepatitis C in community program for opioid pharmacotherapy clients
Hepatitis C is a life-threatening blood-borne virus linked to intravenous drug use. This study aimed to develop the feasibility and acceptability of a new recruitment strategy incentivizing communi...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Check out our new issue on moralities in drug policy. Fantastic editorial and most of the papers are open access: Studying moralities in drug policy: An editorial introduction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Studying moralities in drug policy: An editorial introduction
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Open access: ‘I am somebody now’—exploring meanings and experiences of gaining employment among people in substance use disorder treatment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘I am somebody now’—exploring meanings and experiences of gaining employment among people in substance use disorder treatment
Many individuals with severe Substance Use Disorders (SUD) want to work. This study explores the experiences of what gaining employment represents for patients receiving Individual Placement and Su...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
“Like a steak at a vegan village”: adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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“Like a steak at a vegan village”: adaptability as a cornerstone in stable recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction
Recovery from substance and/or gambling addiction is a multidimensional process that refers to a change on three levels: the individual’s environment, behavioral patterns, and self-perception. Stab...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Online now: Participant experiences with Supporting Addiction Affected Families Effectively (SAFE): a qualitative study of the 5-Step method in Goa, India www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Participant experiences with Supporting Addiction Affected Families Effectively (SAFE): a qualitative study of the 5-Step method in Goa, India
Harmful use of alcohol has demonstrated negative effects on not only the individual engaging in the use, but also their family members. The Supporting Addiction Affected Families Effectively (SAFE)...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The message in a policy: how people who use drugs who are stably housed and employed interpret decriminalization in British Columbia by Naomi Zakimi and Alissa Greer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The message in a policy: how people who use drugs who are stably housed and employed interpret decriminalization in British Columbia, Canada
. Drug policies communicate messages about drugs and the people who use them. In 2023, British Columbia, Canada, implemented a three-year exemption to decriminalize small amounts of most illicit su...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
First responder attitudes and practices related to people who use drugs: exploring the impact of resource sharing www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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First responder attitudes and practices related to people who use drugs: exploring the impact of resource sharing
First responders are critical to preventing recurrent opioid overdoses and improving overdose response. However, their attitudes and behaviors toward people who use drugs (PWUD) remain underexplore...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Online now: Pharmaceutical stimulant diversion, 2002–2022: data from a national sample of law enforcement and regulatory agencies in the US: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Pharmaceutical stimulant diversion, 2002–2022: data from a national sample of law enforcement and regulatory agencies in the US
Nonmedical use (NMU) and diversion of stimulant medications methylphenidate and amphetamines is ongoing. Yet, data describing national diversion rates are not apparent.Data were drawn from a survey...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Online now: Non-compliance with point-of-sale tobacco regulations in Argentina www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Non-compliance with point-of-sale tobacco regulations in Argentina
In Argentina, a national law regulates tobacco marketing at points-of-sale, bans single cigarette sales, and requires ‘no sale to minors’ signage. Provinces may enact more stringent regulations, wi...
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James Morris @jamesmorris24.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"recovery is a dynamic process and that alcohol problems exist on a continuum, we suggest that supporting self-efficacy during recovery is important. Concepts such as relapse can be a support in the recovery process but also a potential risk.."
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Open access: Patient satisfaction with long-acting injectable buprenorphine: What needs to be measured from the patient’s perspective? By Jo Neale et al www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Patient satisfaction with long-acting injectable buprenorphine: What needs to be measured from the patient’s perspective?
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is an effective treatment for opioid use disorder. This paper asks: 1. How satisfied are people with long-acting injectable buprenorphine during their first yea...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Open access: Alcohol use during recovery: A 10-year follow-up of people treated for alcohol or other drug problems www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Alcohol use during recovery: A 10-year follow-up of people treated for alcohol or other drug problems
Understanding challenges in alcohol consumption is crucial when considering recovery approaches beyond abstinence. This study investigates the narratives that people with former alcohol or other dr...
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James Nicholls @jamesnicholls.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I was delighted to contribute to this fantastic special edition of @deppjournal.bsky.social on morality and drug policy - and to work with such a great editorial team. The introduction (below) sets out clearly where we are, and where we need to go next.
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Alex Stevens @profalexstevens.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
With thanks to co-editors @alisonritter.bsky.social & @draskew.bsky.social, here is the editorial to the special issue of @deppjournal.bsky.social on 'studying modalities in drug policy'. doi.org/10.1080/0968...
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James Nicholls @jamesnicholls.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Really enjoyed working on this paper, which gets into the weeds of UK alcohol licensing, multi-level governance and the power of policy instruments. Local authorities are bound not just by primary legislation, but a tangle of statutory guidance that significantly constrains their autonomy.
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Open access: ‘I don’t know what we should have done differently’: A qualitative study on the dilemmas of ‘tough love’ and toxic drugs in British Columbia, Canada by Jennifer Hawkins wt al www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘I don’t know what we should have done differently’: A qualitative study on the dilemmas of ‘tough love’ and toxic drugs in British Columbia, Canada
In British Columbia, Canada, a public health emergency of unregulated drug deaths presents a fraught backdrop for concerned significant others (CSOs).Community-based Participatory Action Research d...
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Tim Piatkowski @piatkowskitim.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Out in @deppjournal.bsky.social, led by Luke C @swanseauni.bsky.social + me @griffithcmh.bsky.social and Luke T @unilincoln.bsky.social. Through digital ethnography we explore the boom of steroid coaching and certification in India, suggesting need for co-produced courses doi.org/10.1080/0968...
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Anabolic steroid coaching certification in India: The role of capital in digital fitness spaces
Anabolic androgenic steroid coaches (ASCs) provide tailored drug-related advice to clients for a fee. While ASCs operate worldwide, the scant and emerging research available has largely focused on ...
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Drugs: education, prevention and policy @deppjournal.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Open access: Identifying innovative approaches to the temporal availability of alcohol in Great Britain—a policy analysis by Megan Cook et al @jamesnicholls.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Identifying innovative approaches to the temporal availability of alcohol in Great Britain—a policy analysis
In Great Britain, local authorities responsible for alcohol premises licensing produce a statement of licensing policy setting out how they intend to exercise their statutory licensing functions in...
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Prof Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Very pleased to share our latest article, which is open access (£0) at Drugs: Education, Prevention, Policy. Lead author was the ever impressive Dr Amanda Atkinson who is not on BSky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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‘It’s T-shirt feminism’: exploring women’s perceptions of the appropriation of feminist messaging in alcohol brand marketing
Alcohol brands are appropriating feminist messages as a marketing tactic. Understanding how women perceive such marketing is critical to policy responses aimed at reducing gendered alcohol harms.Se...
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