Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 14 Issue 1

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Free return trajectories or enmeshment? Some psychodynamic factors and thoughts on the role of social capital in the use of substituted cathinones (M-cats)

Alistair David Sweet

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the emergence of substituted cathinones or M-cat drugs (notably mephedrone and methylone) and their rapid proliferation of use…

Patterns of use and perceptions of drug addicts in Greece about “shisha” (a new synthetic drug) at economic crisis era

Petros Triantos, Gerasimos Papanastasatos, Charalampos Poulopoulos, Yiannis Zaxaropoulos

This paper aims to research the prevalence of a new drug which appeared at the era of economic crisis in Greece, called “shisha.” Shisha, a rather cheap form of crystal meth, has…

How should substance use problems be handled? Popular views in Sweden, Finland, and Canada

Jan Blomqvist, Anja Koski-Jännes, John Cunningham

Although the way in which, for example, substance use problems are conceived and reacted to (by experts and treatment professionals but also by the environment), can have vast…

Drug policy: a going-over down-under?

Blaine Stothard

The purpose of this paper is to inform readers of developments in drug policy debate in Australia following the publication of the Global Commission Report. To explain the…

Treatment of problem gambling: development, status, and future

Jesse Wynn, Aaron Hudyma, Elizabeth Hauptman, Tiffani Nicole Houston, James Michael Faragher

– The purpose of this paper is to seek to present an overview of past, present, and future approaches to the treatment of problem gambling.

ISSN:

1745-9265

Online date, start – end:

2001 – 2022

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Editors:

  • Dr Axel Klein
  • Mr Blaine Stothard
  • Dr Aysel Sultan