Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 18 Issue 3

In this issue

Blaine Stothard

Poems and pancakes for alcohol harm reduction

Andrew Misell

Programmes to promote alcohol awareness and harm reduction in the general population often take an atomised approach, encouraging individual drinkers to understand their unit…

Cannabis use as harm reduction in the Eastern Caribbean

Marcus Day

The purpose of this paper is to present evidence of the therapeutic value of cannabis as a harm reduction intervention with people who smoke crack cocaine.

Multiple substance use among patients attending treatment for substance-related problems in Switzerland

Etienne Maffli, Mariana Astudillo

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the share of multiple substance disorders among clients entering treatment for substance-related problems, to identify the most frequent…

Sharing risk experiences of polydrug use on YouTube

Kati Kataja, Pekka Hakkarainen, Petteri Koivula, Sanna Hautala

The purpose of this paper is to discuss what kinds of messages about the risks of polydrug use are mediated in YouTube video blogs and on what kinds of norms and values do the…

Prevalence of alcohol and medication use among elderly individuals in Spain

Ismael San Mauro Martin, Juanjo Nava Mateo, Jesús Ortiz Rincón, Marta Villanueva Nieto, Elena Ávila Díaz, Sara Sanz Rojo, Licia de la Calle, Yaiza Quevedo Santos, Paloma Elortegui Pascual, Víctor Paredes Barato, Sara López Oliva, Elena Garicano Vilar

The world’s aging population has led to a greater use of prescription and non-prescription medication by the elderly. Besides, older drinkers consume alcohol often regardless of…