Drugs, Habits and Social Policy: Volume 24 Issue 3

Shifts in cannabis use at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among Global Drug Survey respondents from 13 countries

Cheneal Puljević, Amelia Cossart, Emma L. Davies, Monica J. Barratt, Larissa J. Maier, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Adam R. Winstock, Jason A. Ferris

The COVID-19 pandemic likely impacted cannabis distribution, access and usage worldwide. This study aims to describe self-reported changes in cannabis use and related outcomes…

Between street and digital capital? A qualitative study of judicial sentencing of persons convicted of online drug dealing in Sweden

Johan Nordgren, Fredrik Tiberg

Drug sales facilitated through digital communication on the surface web and on darknet cryptomarkets have increased during the past two decades. This has resulted in an increase…

What a legacy: a call to action to facilitate entry into the licensed cannabis market in Canada

Tanisha Wright-Brown, Sandy Brennan, Michael Blackwood, Jennifer Donnan

Almost five years after legalization, the unlicensed cannabis market is still thriving in Canada, and legacy cannabis retailers continue to face barriers to legal market entry…

A Pacific addictions perspective: a qualitative study exploring barriers and solutions for Pacific substance and behavioural addictions services in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Vili Nosa, Linda Palavi, Maryann Heather

The purpose of this study is to examine the views from Pacific addiction service providers with the aim of exploring perceived barriers and solutions for Pacific substance and…

Experiences of homeless people who use psychoactive substances: an interpretative phenomenological study

Chris Wagstaff, Anna Davis, Elizabeth Jackson-McConnell, Matilda MacDonald, Ashley Medlyn, Sandra Pillon

Homelessness and psychoactive substance (PS) use are both determinants of physical and mental ill health, with the homeless population using, and dying of PSs more frequently than…

Recognising the recovering addict with Honneth: an intervention into the stigmatising language debate in the alcohol and other drugs field

Ian Walmsley

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the recommendation to replace identity-first language with person-first language on people who self-identify as recovering…

Pandemic lockdown as policy window for street-level innovation of health and substitution treatment services for people who use drugs

Maj Nygaard-Christensen, Esben Houborg

This paper aims to examine policy innovation among street-level bureaucrats at low-threshold services to people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark.

Book review

James Morgan