Contemporary Drug Problems articles from March 1993

Contemporary Drug Problems archives from March 1993

The making of the Danish liberal drinking style: the construction of a "wet" alcohol discourse in Denmark.
March 22, 1993... The way was prepared for the dramatic 1917 shift from spirits to beer by successful campaigns by brewers to identify beer-drinking with Danish character and history and to position weaker beer as a temperance drink. There is a liberal...

A qualitative investigation of responses to the introduction of wine in New Zealand grocery outlets.
March 22, 1993... Women in particular were more comfortable about purchasing wine when it became available in grocery outlets, avoiding both potential stigma and the male orientation of other outlets. The inclusion of wine in the shopping cart and in the grocery...

The use of alcoholic beverages as portrayed in popular detective fiction.
March 22, 1993... Social custom and relaxation or enjoyment accounted for over half the mentions of alcohol in 46 novels by six authors active since 1950. Alcohol was a kind of medicine for distress in 19% of mentions, but in only 9% of mentions was drinking...

Alcohol and sexual encounters in recent American cinema.
March 22, 1993... Focusing on movies of the 1980s and early 1990s, the paper finds portrayals of drinking often enmeshed in issues of gender and power. Drinking is still often an excuse for otherwise unacceptable behavior, and a woman's drinking a signal of...

Multiple-drug abuse in a youth clinic sample in Pakistan.
March 22, 1993... More than one drug was currently used by 84% of a sample of 450 youthful patients at a Lahore drug treatment center, and more than two drugs by 60%. Hashish, alcohol, amphetamines and barbiturates were the most commonly used drugs. During...

Adolescent drug use in Madrid and in the United States of America.
March 22, 1993... Comparing 1989 surveys of youth in high school and in the general population, more Madrid youths used cannabis, analgesics, tranquilizers and sedatives, and regularly used tobacco and alcohol, while more US youths used other drugs. Despite...

AIDS and Drug Misuse: The Challenge for Policy and Practice in the 1990s.
March 22, 1993... Edited by John Strang and Gerry Stimson (London and New York: Routledge, 1990), 276 pp., hardcover $65.00, softcover $27.50. Reducing the spread of AIDS among and from injection drug users has become a priority for many of those who work in...

Walk the Walk and Talk the Talk: An Ethnography of a Drug Abuse Treatment Facility.
March 22, 1993... By Geoffrey R. Skoll (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992). 198 pp.9 $34.95 (cloth only). REVIEWED BY: Annette R. Smith, Ph.D., MSW, coordinator, Center on Substance Abuse, and assistant professor, School of Social Work, San Diego...

Drinking: Behavior and Belief in Modern History.
March 22, 1993... Edited by Susanna Barrows and Robin Room (University of California Press, Berkeley, 1991). 454 pp., $17.95 paper, $49.95 cloth. REVIEWED BY Jessica Warner, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA 94709. Drinking:...