Pub Date : 2023-09-21DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2260548
Marco Walg, Silke Rosenbusch, Stephan Bender, Gerhard Hapfelmeier
AbstractBackground Unaccompanied minor refugees are a high risk group for trauma-related disorders. Although these disorders pose a risk for unhealthy substance use, research of substance use among young refugees is lacking.Methods This study investigated substance use in a total of 102 refugees between 16 and 21 years of age who arrived as unaccompanied minors in Germany. Participants were asked about their religious beliefs and substance use within the last three months and prior to leaving their countries of origin. Unhealthy substance use was assessed by drug-specific questionnaires.Results Overall, 38% of the study participants met the criteria for unhealthy substance use (12% solely for unhealthy tobacco use). According to self-ratings, 21% of the refugees met the criteria for unhealthy alcohol use, 25% for unhealthy tobacco use and 12% for unhealthy cannabis use. Young refugees who had already used drugs in their country of origin were more susceptible to developing unhealthy substance use. Identifying as religious seems to reduce the risk for unhealthy substance use.Conclusion The results reveal that unaccompanied refugees are highly vulnerable for unhealthy substance use. Special programs for unhealthy substance use prevention are needed for this group.Keywords: Unaccompanied minor refugeesalcoholtobaccocannabissubstance use disorder Declaration of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. No funding was received to conduct this study. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.Additional informationFundingThe author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.
{"title":"Unhealthy substance use among unaccompanied refugees in Germany","authors":"Marco Walg, Silke Rosenbusch, Stephan Bender, Gerhard Hapfelmeier","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2260548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2260548","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractBackground Unaccompanied minor refugees are a high risk group for trauma-related disorders. Although these disorders pose a risk for unhealthy substance use, research of substance use among young refugees is lacking.Methods This study investigated substance use in a total of 102 refugees between 16 and 21 years of age who arrived as unaccompanied minors in Germany. Participants were asked about their religious beliefs and substance use within the last three months and prior to leaving their countries of origin. Unhealthy substance use was assessed by drug-specific questionnaires.Results Overall, 38% of the study participants met the criteria for unhealthy substance use (12% solely for unhealthy tobacco use). According to self-ratings, 21% of the refugees met the criteria for unhealthy alcohol use, 25% for unhealthy tobacco use and 12% for unhealthy cannabis use. Young refugees who had already used drugs in their country of origin were more susceptible to developing unhealthy substance use. Identifying as religious seems to reduce the risk for unhealthy substance use.Conclusion The results reveal that unaccompanied refugees are highly vulnerable for unhealthy substance use. Special programs for unhealthy substance use prevention are needed for this group.Keywords: Unaccompanied minor refugeesalcoholtobaccocannabissubstance use disorder Declaration of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. No funding was received to conduct this study. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article.Additional informationFundingThe author(s) reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136153625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2252981
Ellen Sverkersson, J. Andreasson, April Henning
Background: this article aims to describe how women narrate their iPeD use in relation to the gendering of drug cultures and communities, and to conceptually address the gender bias that has dominated the scholarly debate on iPeDs and their use relative to potential risks and harms associated with the practice. Methods: the article takes a case study-based and theoretically informed qualitative approach to data. two online sites where women engage in discussions about iPeDs were selected. Purposive sampling was employed for data collection and reflexive thematic analysis was used to make sense of the data. Results: it is illustrated that women who use iPeDs engage in online discussions through a narrative of the Other . Variations in experiences and spaces for female subjectivity are overshadowed by stereotypes of women who use iPeDs. stereotypical beliefs and inaccurate or non-adapted information for the female body, as well as men posing as women online in forums, complicate the distinction between genuine information, harm reduction, and misogyny. Conclusion: We argue that gendered expectations and assumptions can obscure the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, motivations, and results among women within these communities. Further and diversified research is needed in this area.
{"title":"Women’s risk assessments and the gendering of online IPED cultures and communities","authors":"Ellen Sverkersson, J. Andreasson, April Henning","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2252981","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2252981","url":null,"abstract":"Background: this article aims to describe how women narrate their iPeD use in relation to the gendering of drug cultures and communities, and to conceptually address the gender bias that has dominated the scholarly debate on iPeDs and their use relative to potential risks and harms associated with the practice. Methods: the article takes a case study-based and theoretically informed qualitative approach to data. two online sites where women engage in discussions about iPeDs were selected. Purposive sampling was employed for data collection and reflexive thematic analysis was used to make sense of the data. Results: it is illustrated that women who use iPeDs engage in online discussions through a narrative of the Other . Variations in experiences and spaces for female subjectivity are overshadowed by stereotypes of women who use iPeDs. stereotypical beliefs and inaccurate or non-adapted information for the female body, as well as men posing as women online in forums, complicate the distinction between genuine information, harm reduction, and misogyny. Conclusion: We argue that gendered expectations and assumptions can obscure the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, motivations, and results among women within these communities. Further and diversified research is needed in this area.","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91154324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-03DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2022.2090897
M. Rychert, Chris Wilkins, Robin van der Sanden, Jitesh Prasad
Abstract New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum was narrowly defeated. Some post-referendum commentary claimed that the anti-reform campaign dominated the information space. Digital media represented a new forum for referendum advocacy. We analysed reporting on the cannabis referendum by six leading New Zealand digital news providers and Facebook advocacy campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ legalisation during 3 months pre-referendum. The mean sentiment score of media articles was marginally supportive of reform (+0.4 on a scale of −2 to +2). On average, pro-legalisation articles were re-published more often (2.3 vs 1.5 times for anti-reform), received better website placement (52% of articles published in the prime website section) and had more Facebook interactions (mean 1129 vs 771 for anti-reform). Ninety six per cent of articles were shared on Facebook, including via paid advertising. The principal pro-legalisation campaigner spent four times as much on Facebook advertising as the principal anti-legalisation campaigner. The networked map of Facebook posts illuminated links between digital media and cannabis advocacy. We find that pro-legalisation campaign dominated the digital information space, while the anti-legalisation campaign relied on traditional media, such as billboards. Combining media sentiment analysis with network analysis of social media posts provided new insights into the cannabis referenda debate.
{"title":"Exploring digital news, advocacy networks and social media campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ cannabis legalisation during New Zealand’s cannabis legalisation referendum","authors":"M. Rychert, Chris Wilkins, Robin van der Sanden, Jitesh Prasad","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2022.2090897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2090897","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract New Zealand’s 2020 cannabis legalisation referendum was narrowly defeated. Some post-referendum commentary claimed that the anti-reform campaign dominated the information space. Digital media represented a new forum for referendum advocacy. We analysed reporting on the cannabis referendum by six leading New Zealand digital news providers and Facebook advocacy campaigns ‘for’ and ‘against’ legalisation during 3 months pre-referendum. The mean sentiment score of media articles was marginally supportive of reform (+0.4 on a scale of −2 to +2). On average, pro-legalisation articles were re-published more often (2.3 vs 1.5 times for anti-reform), received better website placement (52% of articles published in the prime website section) and had more Facebook interactions (mean 1129 vs 771 for anti-reform). Ninety six per cent of articles were shared on Facebook, including via paid advertising. The principal pro-legalisation campaigner spent four times as much on Facebook advertising as the principal anti-legalisation campaigner. The networked map of Facebook posts illuminated links between digital media and cannabis advocacy. We find that pro-legalisation campaign dominated the digital information space, while the anti-legalisation campaign relied on traditional media, such as billboards. Combining media sentiment analysis with network analysis of social media posts provided new insights into the cannabis referenda debate.","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"29 1","pages":"505 - 515"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139343073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-03DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2022.2091426
Seán Keary, Mary Ivers, Cliódhna O’Connor, Aidan Moran
Abstract The vast majority of research on cognitive enhancement has focused on pharmacological cognitive enhancement (PCE), with relatively little exploration of public attitudes towards non-pharmacological cognitive enhancing substances. Limited research has investigated how the lay public ethically evaluates nootropic supplements (i.e. legal and purportedly natural over-the-counter products), or how such attitudes may differ from attitudes towards other cognitive enhancers. This experimental between-subjects study used a contrastive vignette technique to explore Irish students’ attitudes towards caffeine tablets, nootropic supplements and PCE. One-hundred-and-thirteen Irish university students participated in the study (46 male, 64 female), ranging from 18 to 25 years of age (M = 21.9). Quantitative analyses examined differences in mean attitudes between cognitive enhancement conditions and genders. Results suggest that the three forms of cognitive enhancement provoked similar moderate responses in relation to safety and authenticity, however, students were more concerned about implicit coercion in relation to PCE and reported heightened fairness concerns in relation to nootropic supplements. Nootropic supplements may have distinct ethical implications which are not simply equivalent to those that accompany PCE or caffeine tablets, raising questions surrounding the effects of novel cognitive enhancing products; financial barriers to legal non-pharmacological cognitive enhancement; and the permissibility of cognitive enhancement advertising.
{"title":"Exploring Irish students’ attitudes towards nootropic supplements","authors":"Seán Keary, Mary Ivers, Cliódhna O’Connor, Aidan Moran","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2022.2091426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2022.2091426","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The vast majority of research on cognitive enhancement has focused on pharmacological cognitive enhancement (PCE), with relatively little exploration of public attitudes towards non-pharmacological cognitive enhancing substances. Limited research has investigated how the lay public ethically evaluates nootropic supplements (i.e. legal and purportedly natural over-the-counter products), or how such attitudes may differ from attitudes towards other cognitive enhancers. This experimental between-subjects study used a contrastive vignette technique to explore Irish students’ attitudes towards caffeine tablets, nootropic supplements and PCE. One-hundred-and-thirteen Irish university students participated in the study (46 male, 64 female), ranging from 18 to 25 years of age (M = 21.9). Quantitative analyses examined differences in mean attitudes between cognitive enhancement conditions and genders. Results suggest that the three forms of cognitive enhancement provoked similar moderate responses in relation to safety and authenticity, however, students were more concerned about implicit coercion in relation to PCE and reported heightened fairness concerns in relation to nootropic supplements. Nootropic supplements may have distinct ethical implications which are not simply equivalent to those that accompany PCE or caffeine tablets, raising questions surrounding the effects of novel cognitive enhancing products; financial barriers to legal non-pharmacological cognitive enhancement; and the permissibility of cognitive enhancement advertising.","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"28 1","pages":"516 - 527"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139343063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2248356
Madison Wright, Justin Matheson, T. Watson, B. Sproule, B. Le Foll, B. Brands
{"title":"Gender influences on cannabis use among treatment-seeking adults: a qualitative study","authors":"Madison Wright, Justin Matheson, T. Watson, B. Sproule, B. Le Foll, B. Brands","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2248356","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2248356","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"103 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73354067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-21DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2247541
Myriam Beaulieu, K. Bertrand, J. Tremblay, A. Lemaître, M. Jauffret-Roustide
{"title":"Personal strengths and resources that people use in their recovery from persistent substance use disorder","authors":"Myriam Beaulieu, K. Bertrand, J. Tremblay, A. Lemaître, M. Jauffret-Roustide","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2247541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2247541","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75813890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-17DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2244144
S. Arunogiri, V. Manning
{"title":"The impact of a continuum model of alcohol problems on clinical practice: a double-edged sword? Commentary on Morris et al. ‘Should we promote alcohol problems as a continuum? Implications for policy and practice’","authors":"S. Arunogiri, V. Manning","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2244144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2244144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75105334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-16DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2247540
E. Ezekwe, Emeka W. Dumbili
{"title":"Perspectives of community leaders/members on factors hindering alcohol regulation in Nigeria","authors":"E. Ezekwe, Emeka W. Dumbili","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2247540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2247540","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78382323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-11DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2244655
Hans Christian Bordado Henriksen, Anders Palmstrøm Jørgensen, Christine Wisløff, I. Havnes
{"title":"Challenges recruiting men with a desire to cease anabolic-androgenic steroid use to a pilot involving hormone therapy intervention","authors":"Hans Christian Bordado Henriksen, Anders Palmstrøm Jørgensen, Christine Wisløff, I. Havnes","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2244655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2244655","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"58 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73665721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-27DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2023.2236291
S. D'Aquino, S. Callinan
{"title":"Drinking to cope as a mediator of the relationship between stress and alcohol outcomes","authors":"S. D'Aquino, S. Callinan","doi":"10.1080/09687637.2023.2236291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2023.2236291","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11367,"journal":{"name":"Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74476193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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