Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 22 Issue 1

Benefits and barriers associated with take-home-naloxone in the view of Italian service providers

Sara Rolando, Franca Beccaria, Susanna Ronconi

Spanning almost 30 years, Italy’s experience with take-home-naloxone (THN) provides an interesting case study on the international scene because of its specific history…

Investigating the experiences of individuals in recovery from problem substance use and their perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic

Emma Smith, Melody Carter, Elaine Walklet, Paul Hazell

This paper aims to explore how enforced forms of social isolation arising from the first COVID-19 lockdown influenced experiences of problem substance use, relapse and coping…

Risk perception, health stressors and reduction in sharing cannabis products during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional study

Dennis Rosenberg, Sharon Sznitman

This study aimed to understand the extent to which cannabis-related risk perception and COVID-19-related health worries were associated with the reported reduction in sharing…

Fully legal or only medical and religious purposes? Public support for cannabis policies in the Eastern Caribbean

Alana Griffith, Mahalia Jackman, Peter Wickham

Public support for various policy options for managing cannabis in the Caribbean and the characteristics of those most likely to support specific policy options remains largely…

“We don’t have any answers within the current framework”: tensions within cannabis policy change in Ireland

Chris Ó. Rálaigh, Sarah Morton

International policy approaches to cannabis production and use are changing rapidly, and within the Irish context, alternatives to prohibition are being considered. This study…