Drugs and drug culture

Physicians' and pharmacies' overview of patients' medication. An analysis of fidelity coefficients

by Anton Pottegård

Silk Road: eBay for Drugs

by Monica Barratt

Letter to the editor, published in Addiction

Drug prevention A review of English language literature

by Karim Murji

Posiadasz – odpowiadasz! Komentarz do uchwały siedmiu sędziów Sądu Najwyższego z 27 stycznia 2011 r., I KZP 24/10

by Mikolaj Malecki

„Czasopismo Prawa Karnego i Nauk Penalnych” 2011, nr 2, s. 149–168

1. Większość przypadków „posiadania” narkotyków podczas ich zażywania spełnia wymagania dla „posiadania” w znaczeniu... more 1. Większość przypadków „posiadania” narkotyków podczas ich zażywania spełnia wymagania dla „posiadania” w znaczeniu prawa cywilnego (art. 336 k.c.).

2. Osobny typ „zażywania” środków odurzających byłby ustawowym superfluum.

3. Wyłączenie karalności posiadania narkotyków podczas ich zażywania wymaga dodatkowego posunięcia legislacyjnego. Jeżeli aksjologia uzasadniałaby legalizację zażywania pewnych środków narkotycznych, to w art. 62 u.p.n. należałoby dodać ust. 4 w brzmieniu: „Nie ma przestępstwa określonego w ust. 1, jeżeli sprawca posiada środki odurzające lub substancje psychotropowe wyłącznie na własny użytek w ilości przeznaczonej do ich jednorazowego zużycia”.

4. Tabela wartości granicznych legalnego posiadania narkotyków jako doprecyzowanie znamion czynu zabronionego nie byłaby właściwym rozwiązaniem.

5. W pewnych wypadkach dekodowanie treści normy sankcjonowanej jest trudne w praktyce. Problem może polegać na sformułowaniu kryteriów ustalenia jej treści bez narażenia się na zarzut arbitralności. Poszukując pewnych uogólnień można powiedzieć, że: (i) racje pragmatyczne (poszukiwanie efektywnych sposobów walki ze zjawiskiem narkomanii) nie stanowią podstawy do modyfikacji treści normy sankcjonowanej; (ii) jeżeli typ czynu zabronionego zawiera negatywne znamię „wbrew przepisom ustawy”, płaszczyznę bezprawności czynu należy dekodować na podstawie regulacji ustawowych.

Mclauglin, E and Murji, Karim (2001). Drugs and governance in Europe. In: Guiberneau, M ed. Governing European Diversity. London: Sage.

by Karim Murji

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

by Dr. Joel Lamoure

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10 Lamoure J., Stovel J. A Pharmacists Overview of Alcohol Dependence. Pharmacy Practice 2011; 27(8) CE1-CE10

Changing Roles - Report on the Situtation of Women and Men in Hungary 2005 - Gender Differences and Similarities in Drug Use

by TARKI Social Research Institute

itle of the Hungarian original: Szerepváltozások. Jelentés a nők és férfiak helyzetéről 2005
© TÁRKI, 2005
© Ifjúsági, Családügyi, Szociális és Esélyegyenlőségi Minisztérium, 2005

This book was published in English language with the support of the UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Office, Bratislava).

English translation:
Anna Babarczy (papers 6-12)
Tibor Radványi (Introduction, papers 1-5, Bibliography)
Ildikó Nagy (Register of Researchers)

Language Editor: Clive Liddiard-Maár
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
© TÁRKI Social Research Institute, 2006
© Ildikó Nagy, 2006
© Marietta Pongrácz, 2006
© István György Tóth, 2006
ISBN 963 7869 39 5
Cover Design: Péter Maczó
Typography: András Nyíri

The present study focuses on changes in the drug consumption habits of teenage boys and girls. The study draws on a... more The present study focuses on changes in the drug consumption habits of teenage boys and girls. The study draws on a series of surveys that began in 1995 and have been repeated at four-yearly intervals with the aim of building up a systematic databank that allows longitudinal and international comparisons on young people’s habits of drug use.

To Hell and Back: Excessive Drug Use, Addiction, and the Process of Recovery in Mainstream Rock Autobiographies

by Atte Oksanen

Oksanen, Atte (2012): To Hell and Back: Excessive Drug Use, Addiction, and the Process of Recovery in Mainstream Rock Autobiographies. Substance Use & Misuse, 47: 2, 143–154.

Rock autobiographies have become increasingly popular since the 1990s. This article analyzes 31 mainstream rock... more Rock autobiographies have become increasingly popular since the 1990s. This article analyzes 31 mainstream rock autobiographies describing a wide variety of legal and illegal substances used and reckless behavior. Narrative analysis shows that books concentrate on recovering from addiction. The majority of writers have participated in some kind of treatment. Rock autobiographies use therapeutic vocabulary and borrow discursive elements from culturally familiar Alcoholics Anonymous texts recounting recovery stories. The analysis shows that drugs and alcohol are not associated with rebellion and authenticity as they once were in rock music. Surviving addiction has become a key theme of rock culture.

Keywords: addiction, recovery, narratives, rock music, popular culture, narrative theory, excessive appetites

האתיקה של התודעה - החוויה הדתית בעידן הפרוזק

by Tomer Persico

The Politics of Menstrual Suppression in Brazil

by Emilia Sanabria

'Consuming the Body: Contemporary Patterns of Drug Use & Theological Anthropology,' in Public Theology in Cultural Engagement, ed. Stephen Holmes (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2008), pp. 94-130.

by Luke Bretherton

Moving on: young people and substance abuse.

by Kathryn Daley

The ethics of doing research with young drug users

by Kathryn Daley

The realization of sex and bodies: Discursive strategies in Swedish media representations of biomedical research on alcohol

by Alexandra Bogren

Co-authored with Katarina Winter. Work in progress, paper presented by Katarina Winter at the 25th Conference of the Nordic Sociological Association, Oslo 4-7 August, 2011.

During recent decades, biomedical research on alcohol has increasingly entered the press scene. In particular, media... more During recent decades, biomedical research on alcohol has increasingly entered the press scene. In particular, media stories of health and lifestyle often rely on references to biomedical alcohol research. Furthermore, these types of story are frequently entangled in arguments about bodily sex differences. The purpose of this study is to analyze how sex and the body are realized (Kraus 2000) as objects of knowledge in Swedish media representations of biomedical alcohol research during the period between 1995 and 2010. Using discourse analysis, we address the issue of how these realizations are produced and, particularly, the discursive strategies used in transforming descriptions of sex and body into facts.

Symbolic gender boundaries in news discourse on psychotropics use and drinking: An analysis of the Swedish press debate 2000-2009

by Alexandra Bogren

Forthcoming in NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist & Gender Research, 2012.

Psychotropics and alcohol are psychoactive substances with different cultural meanings and opposite gendered... more Psychotropics and alcohol are psychoactive substances with different cultural meanings and opposite gendered associations. This paper examines the Swedish press debate on gender and psychotropics and compares it to the press debate on gender and alcohol, aiming at identifying the conditions under which gendered moral boundaries of acceptable/unacceptable consumption are defended. The study shows that boundaries acquire a heightened moral status in news stories that deal with (1) a topic related to cultural ideas about essential gender difference, (2) where the cultural status of the psychoactive substance is linked to selfish and/or hedonistic motives, and (3) where innocent victims of consumption can be identified. Moreover, it shows that the “bad” characters constructed through this moral boundary are portrayed as exhibiting “excessive masculinity” and “insufficient femininity”. On the basis of these findings, it is argued that newspaper discourse on psychotropics and alcohol still relies quite heavily on gendered and heteronormative ideas.

The relationship between sexuality-related alcohol expectancies and drinking across cultures

by Alexandra Bogren

Co-authored with Arlinda Kristjanson and Sharon Wilsnack. Published in African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies 2007, Vol 6, No 1, 1- 16.

This study aims to examine the link between positive expectancies about the effects of drinking on sexual feelings and... more This study aims to examine the link between positive expectancies about the effects of drinking on sexual feelings and drinking across countries. Similari-ties and differences between women and men also receive special attention. The study uses representative surveys conducted between 1995 and 2004 of 11 countries participating in the GENACIS project (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study). The methods used are cross-country comparisons of frequencies of reporting three expectancy-items and exploratory multiple regression analyses of the relationship between expectancies about the effect of drinking on sexual feelings and the natural logarithm of annual volume (grams 100 % alcohol) consumed. The results show that the percentage of women drinkers varies considerably across the countries surveyed. Within each country, we found both gender differences and gender similarities as concerns the sex-expectancy questions. In overall levels of reporting the expectancies, we found country differences. The Czech Republic, Uganda and Nigeria are the countries with the highest levels of reporting all three expectancies, while Uruguay and Spain are the countries with the lowest levels of reporting all three expectancies. Likewise, the multiple regression analyses show varying patterns across countries. It is suggested that more research on the cultural connections between sexuality and drinking in these countries is needed. Simple multiple regression models do not suffice to describe the relationship between expectancies about alcohol’s effects on sexual feelings and drinking. But, the study points to some countries that would be specifically interesting or important for case studies, such as the Czech Republic, Uganda, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and India.

Review of: Cocaine: Global Histories by Paul Gootenberg

by Brian Cowan

The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Aug., 2000), pp. 613-614

Despite the prominence of illicit drugs both in contemporary popular consciousness and in the social agenda of modern... more Despite the prominence of illicit drugs both in contemporary popular consciousness and in the social agenda of modern states, the history of drugs remains an underdeveloped field. This collection of essays on the history of cocaine in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries offers a promising step in advancing our understanding of the ways in which the new drug quickly became the focus of attention from international trading organizations (both legal and illicit), state centred prohibitionary regimes, and drug consumers alike.

Barriers to Recovery: Stigma and Discrimination

by Julian Buchanan

Presented at the 2011 New Zealand Drug Policy Symposium 'Through the Maze"

The presentation explores our understanding of, and reactions to problematic drug use. Populist punitive discourse... more The presentation explores our understanding of, and reactions to problematic drug use. Populist punitive discourse perceives physiological and psychological dependence upon drugs as key drivers that perpetuate ongoing ‘addiction’ that threatens society. instead I explore the links between the war on drugs, the social construction of 'drugs' and the social barriers faced by problem drug users.

It is featured on YouTube if you prefer to see and hear the paper:


http://youtu.be/scoqktXn52Q

F. Fernandez, "The Crack Smokers Theater. Staging Emotions and Self Exposure", Ethnologie française, vol. 41, n°4, 2011, pp 707-715.

by Fabrice Fernandez

French Title: "Le théâtre des fumeurs de crack. Mise en scène émotionnelle et voilement/dévoilement de soi"

http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=ETHN_114_707

http://www.puf.com/wiki/Ethnologie_française

The Crack Smokers Theater. Staging Emotions and Self Exposure

Based on an ethnographic fieldwork in the... more The Crack Smokers Theater. Staging Emotions and Self Exposure

Based on an ethnographic fieldwork in the neighborhood of la Goutte-d'Or in Paris, this article examines the social uses of emotions of drug addicts in crack houses. Behind the appearance of an irrational discourse, emotions give meaning to social interaction in everyday life and allow the re-articulation of heterogeneous experiences in the continuity of life courses.
Keywords
Drug Addiction, Crack, Poverty, Emotions, Social Inequality

Le théâtre des fumeurs de « crack ». Mise en scène émotionnelle et voilement/dévoilement de soi

À partir d'une enquête ethnographique dans le quartier de la Goutte-d'Or à Paris, cet article interroge le jeu des émotions durant les scènes collectives de consommation de crack. Derrière les apparences du discours irrationnel, la mise en scène des émotions et le voilement/dévoilement de soi participent à construire du sens à ces interactions « sous influence » à l'intérieur des squats précaires, réarticulant des expériences hétérogènes dans la continuité de parcours de vie.
Mots clés
Toxicomanie, Crack, Pauvreté, Émotions, Inégalités sociales

Das Theater der Crack-Raucher - Emotionale Inszenierung und Verschleierung/Enthüllung des eigenen Selbst

Auf Grundlage einer ethnographischen Untersuchung im Pariser Viertel Goutte-d'Or hinterfragt der vorliegende Beitrag die Emotionalität des gemeinsamen Crackrauchens. Denn hinter den scheinbar irrationalen Diskursen, hinter der Inszenierung von Emotionen sowie hinter der Verschleierung und Enthüllung des eigenen Selbst, die man in den besetzten Häuser des sozialschwachen Stadtviertels findet, verbirgt sich die Konstruktion von Sinnhaftigkeit, von Interaktionen, von gleichartigen Erfahrungen und somit von Kontinuität.

Schlagwörter
Rauschgiftsucht, Crack, Armut, Emotionen, Soziale Ungleichheiten

Da teoria do desvio à racionalidade comunicativa: Becker, Habermas e o discurso de legalização da maconha nas músicas do Planet Hemp

by Pedro Santos Mundim

Published in Revista Complexux, 2004.

I will try to analize the ways in which a drug culture may provide people with arguments and justifications regarding... more I will try to analize the ways in which a drug culture may provide people with arguments and justifications regarding the legalization of drugs. Howard Becker's Labelling Theory and reflections about Jürgen Habermas' communicative rationality, public sphere and public deliberation will appear as theoretical reference, thus contributing to the debate. Further, the songs by rap/rock group from Rio de Janeiro Planet Hemp have been chosen as empirical evidence, since their lyrics celebrate the benefits of marihuana use and call for its legalization.