Contemporary Drug Problems articles from June 2004

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from June 2004

Beyond "subculture" in the ethnography of illicit drug use.
June 22, 2004... One issue that has long interested drug ethnographers is how to conceptualize the social relations and forms of cultural knowledge expressed through, and constructed by, drug use. In addressing this issue, they have typically resorted to the...

Drug use within the Finnish club culture as marks of distinction.
June 22, 2004... Drug use in the context of dance clubs and "raves," often referred to as club culture, dance culture and rave culture, has established a permanent position in Western youth cultures and youth leisure time during the past two decades. Although...

The ambiguous excuse: attributing violence to intoxication - young Swedes about the excuse value of alcohol.
June 22, 2004... The question as to whether alcohol does or does not cause violence has been the subject of great interest for researchers in a broad range of disciplines for a long time (for reviews, see Graham & West 2001, Lenke 1990, Pernanen 1991). There is...

Alcohol prevention in the Swedish workplace - who cares?
June 22, 2004... For decades, restrictive and universal measures have dominated alcohol policies in Sweden and other Scandinavian countries. How far the dismantling of such policies has reached is subject to dispute, but no one questions that alcohol policies...

On the verge of EU membership: alcohol cultures in the Baltic Sea region in a European perspective.
June 22, 2004... The so-called transition in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe at large is usually associated with profound changes in three main areas: politics, economy, and social conditions. Although not equally highlighted in the public debate,...

Psychoactive substance use among young people: findings of a multi-center study in three African countries.
June 22, 2004... The consumption of psychoactive substances takes place in a defined political, organizational or societal context. Changes in substance use coincide with rapid societal change and deteriorating economic conditions (Myeni 1985; Soueif et al....

Characteristics of former heavy drinkers: results from a natural history of drinking general population survey.
June 22, 2004... Natural-history research has encompassed a wide range of topics. The seminal studies explored factors associated with change in untreated samples of recovered drinkers (reviewed in: Blomqvist, 1996; Blomqvist, 1999). Such research has helped...

Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions.(Book Review)
June 22, 2004... Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions, by Keith Humphreys (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 228 pp., $85 hardcover. It is nearly impossible to discuss self-help/mutual-aid societies without reference...