Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: Volume 25 Issue 1

Editorial: AI and new digital technologies have transformed alcohol and other drug industries lobbying

Marta Rychert, Aysel Sultan, Mélissa Mialon

How accurate are drug cryptomarket listings by content, weight, purity and repeat purchase?

Monica J. Barratt, Ross Coomber, Michala Kowalski, Judith Aldridge, Rasmus Munksgaard, Jason Ferris, Aili Malm, James Martin, David Décary-Hétu

Drug cryptomarkets increase information available to market actors, which should reduce information asymmetry and increase market efficiency. This study aims to determine whether…

Sociodemographic differences and experienced effects of young adults who use cannabis mainly for self-medication versus recreationally in Finland

Aleksi Hupli, Ali Unlu, Jussi Jylkkä, Atte Oksanen

Cannabis use continues to increase worldwide, and a number of nation states are changing their cannabis policies. Policy changes require research into key populations, namely…

“No, my name’s not on the lease at all”: an interpretive phenomenological analysis of unstable housing and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs

Roisin McColl, Peter Higgs, Brendan Harney

Globally, hepatitis C treatment uptake is lower among people who are homeless or unstably housed compared to those who are housed. Understanding and addressing this is essential…

The receipt of medications for opioid use disorder among pregnant individuals in the USA: a multilevel analysis

Laura Curran, Jennifer Manuel

This study aims to examine the relationship between medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) among pregnant individuals, referral source, mental health, political affiliation and…

Cultural variations in conceptualization of excessive drinking among young adults in Denmark, Estonia and Italy

Sara Rolando, Gaia Cuomo, Airi-Alina Allaste, Venus Athena Vangsgaard Fabricius, Torsten Kolind, Merlin Läänemets

This paper aims to investigate the cultural meanings of excessive drinking in three different countries with different levels of alcohol use chosen as case studies of wider…

Implications of legalisation of cannabis cultivation in Ghana: a critical review

Jacob Mensah Agboli

Following the trend in the world over and on the African continent, the Parliament of Ghana passed a new law in 2020, the Narcotics Control Commission Act (Act 1019) that eased…

Pandemic-related changes in alcohol use among LGB+ people with and without mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions: a multinational cross-sectional study

Dean J. Connolly, Gail Gilchrist, Jason Ferris, Cheneal Puljević, Larissa Maier, Monica J. Barratt, Adam Winstock, Emma L. Davies

Using data from 36,981 respondents to the Global Drug Survey (GDS) COVID-19 Special Edition, this study aims to compare changes, following the first “lockdown,” in alcohol…