Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 20 Issue 2

Cross-cultural insights on lived experiences of opioid users among young adults

Sabir Zaman, Shahid Irfan, Basharat Hussain, Muhammad Tahir Nawaz, Shazia Khalid

There is increased social discussion of the emerging issues of opioid use, health and well-being of young adults within contemporary Asian society. The purpose of this study is to…

From “Codeine Diet” to “Gutter Water”: polydrug use among Nigerian young adults

Emeka W. Dumbili, Emmanuel Ezekwe, Ogochukwu Winifred Odeigah

The purpose of this paper is to explore polydrug use and the factors that motivate the use of multiple substances among selected young adults.

Daily use of alcohol in the Norwegian general population: Prevalence and associated factors

Tore Bonsaksen, Trond Heir, Laila Skogstad, Tine K. Grimholt, Øivind Ekeberg, Anners Lerdal, Inger Schou-Bredal

Harmful use of alcohol is a major public health problem. While harm is often researched in the context of heavy drinking episodes, high-frequency drinking, even when drinking…

Beyond prohibition: responses to illicit drugs in West Africa in an evolving policy context

Ediomo-Ubong Nelson, Isidore Obot

The purpose of this paper is to discuss priorities for effective responses to illicit drugs in West Africa in a changing international policy environment.

Working with addiction: an intercultural-integrative approach to substance dependency during a seven-year delivery of a psychotherapy service in North London

Antony Sigalas

This paper aims to focus on a meta-analysis of an applied integrative model of clinical practice at community level in a third-sector organisation. The psychotherapeutic work was…

Abstinence or controlled drinking – a five-year follow-up on Swedish clients reporting positive change after treatment for substance use disorders

Ninive von Greiff, Lisa Skogens

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how clients – five years after completing treatment interventions endorsing abstinence – view abstinence and the role of Alcoholics…

Non-national clients in Belgian substance use treatment

Charlotte De Kock, Eva Blomme, Jérôme Antoine

Substance use treatment (SUT) among migrants and ethnic minorities is an underresearched domain in European countries, although preliminary studies point out disparities in…