Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 12 Issue 4
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Drug policy as freedom from rationality. The prosecution of the Rototom music festival in Italy
Peter CohenThe author aims to use the example of the Rototom Sunsplash Festival (a large European annual reggae festival held in Italy) to discuss his personal views on drug policy at such…
Understanding global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation
Monica J. Barratt, Martin Bouchard, Tom Decorte, Vibeke Asmussen Frank, Pekka Hakkarainen, Simon Lenton, Aili Malm, Holly Nguyen, Gary R. PotterUnlike other plant‐based drugs, cannabis is increasingly grown within the country of consumption, requires minimal processing before consumption, and can be easily grown almost…
How to handle legal highs? Findings from a German online survey and considerations on drug policy issues
Bernd Werse, Cornelia MorgensternThis article aims to discuss the results on prevalence, patterns of use and motivations for the use of legal high products/new psychoactive substances (NPS) and possible…
The problem with “skunk”
Gary R. Potter, Caroline ChatwinThis article aims to discuss the use of the word “skunk” in contemporary discourse as short‐hand for premium quality, indoor‐grown cannabis. Skunk, as used in this way, is a…
Miaow miaow: a review of the new psychoactive drug mephedrone
Rebekah Brennan, Marie Claire Van HoutMephedrone is a synthetic stimulant drug causing entactogenic and hallucinogenic effects. A systematic review of all existing empirical research and literature from 2009‐2012 on…
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2001 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
- Dr Axel Klein
- Mr Blaine Stothard
- Dr Aysel Sultan