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Articles of Drugs Policy & Drug-Related Social Costs
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‘Being human’ and the ‘moral sidestep’ in drug policy: Explaining government inaction on opioid-related deaths in the UK.
Steven, A. Addictive Behaviors, Available online 30 August 2018
- A new approach to formulating and appraising drug policy: A multi-criterion decision analysis applied to alcohol and cannabis regulation. Rogeberg, O. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 56 , 144 - 152
- A rapid evidence review of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of alcohol control policies: An English perspective. The Lancet, Volume 389, Issue 10078, 1558 - 1580
- Addiction stigma and the biopolitics of liberal modernity: A qualitative analysis. Fraser, S. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 44 , 192 - 201
- Addictive behaviors and healthcare renunciation for economic reasons in a French population-based sample. Baggio, S. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 49 , 1 - 7
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Affect and cannabis use in daily life: a review and recommendations for future research.
Wycoff, A.M. et al. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Volume 191, 1 October 2018, Pages 223-233
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Alcohol industry involvement in policymaking: a systematic review.
McCambridge, J., Mialon, M. & Hawkins, B., Addiction, Volume113, Issue9, September 2018, Pages 1571-1584
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An Evaluation of Regulatory Regimes of Medical Cannabis: What Lessons Can Be Learned for the UK?.
Schlag A.K., Med Cannabis Cannabinoids, https://doi.org/10.1159/000505028
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Associations between state-level policy liberalism, cannabis use, and cannabis use disorder from 2004 to 2012: Looking beyond medical cannabis law status.
Philbin, M.M. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy Available online 23 January 2019
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Attitudes towards drug policies in Latin America: Results from a Latin-American Survey.
Mendiburo-Seguel, Andrés et al., International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 41 , 8 - 13
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Behavioral economic demand assessments in the addictions.
Raston, E. & Cassidy, R.N.12, Current Opinion in Psychology, Volume 30, December 2019, Pages 42-47
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Being ‘in place’, being ‘out of place’: Problematising marginalised drug users in two cities.
Kammersgaard, T., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 75, January 2020, 102589
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Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission: Spain’s Sub-national Approach to Drug Policy.
Sánchez, C. & Collins, M. Global Drug Policy Observatory
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Between gang talk and prohibition: The transfer of blame for County Lines.
Spicer, J. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 17 January 2020, 102667
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Building smart cannabis policy from the science up.
Weiss, S. R.B. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 42 , 39 - 49
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Bullying involvement and substance use among Brazilian adolescent students.
Woolley, N. & Macinko, J., Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2018;42:e95
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Cannabis and pregnancy: Maternal child health implications during a period of drug policy liberalization.
Mark, K & Terplan, M. Preventive Medicine, Volume 104, November 2017, Pages 46-49
- Cannabis decriminalization and the age of onset of cannabis use. Červený, J. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 43 , 122 - 129
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Cannabis decriminalization: A study of recent policy change in five U.S. states.
Grucza, Richard A. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 59 , 67 - 75
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Cannabis legalisation in Canada – One year on.
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
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Cannabis policies in Canada: How will we know which is best?.
Shanahana; M. & Cyrenneb, P., International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 26 September 2019
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Cannabis Prevalence and National Drug Policy in 27 Countries: An Analysis of Adolescent Substance Use.
Kotlaja, M. M., & Carson, J. V. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
- Categorization of psychoactive substances into “hard drugs” and “soft drugs”: a critical review of terminology used in current scientific literature. Janik, P., Kosticova, M., Pecenak, J. & Turcek, M. (2017) The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 43:6, 636-646
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Chronic pain management among people who use drugs: A health policy challenge in the context of the opioid crisis.
Dassiaeu, L. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 8 April 2019
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Closing the gaps in opioid use disorder research, policy and practice: conference proceedings.
Miclette, M.A. et al. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2018 13:22
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Comparing Canadian and United States opioid agonist therapy policies.
Priest, K.C. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 74, December 2019, Pages 257-265
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Conceptualising a policy framework for the implementation of medical marijuana in the Caribbean territory of Barbados.
Griffith, A. D., & Cohall, D. H. Drug Science, Policy and Law.
- Cost-effectiveness of health care service delivery interventions in low and middle income countries: a systematic review. Watson, S.I., Sahota, H., Taylor, C.A., Chen, Y-F, & Lilford, R.J. Global Health Research and Policy 2018 3:17
- Could cannabis liberalisation lead to wider changes in drug policies and outcomes?. Hughes, B. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 51 , 156 - 159
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Creating and sustaining cooperative relationships between supervised injection services and police: A qualitative interview study of international stakeholders.
Watson, T.M. at al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 61, November 2018, Pages 1-6
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Deconstructing prohibitionist ideology: A sociocognitive approach to understand opinions on UK drug policy and the law.
Askew, A. & Bonne, M., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 74, December 2019, Pages 33-40
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Demands, identities and repertoire of protest: an analysis of the Mexican cannabis movemen.
Guerra, E. Drugs and Alcohol Today, Vol. 18 Issue: 2, pp.108-116
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Desiring assemblages: A case for desire over pleasure in critical drug studies.
Malins, P. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 49 , 126 - 132
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Do the Lessons From Micro-Conflict Literature Transfer to High Crime Areas?: Examining Mexico’s War on Drugs.
Nasir, M, Rockmore, M. & Tan, C.M. (2017) The Journal of Development Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1400016
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Drogas y Juventud: Exposición de la juventud a la venta de drogas en Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
Zizumbo-Colunga, D. (2019). In H. C. Moreno & M. Urteaga (Eds.), Jóvenes y menores de edad trabajadores de las redes del narcotráfico. (pp. 321–340). Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
- Drug law reform, performativity and the politics of childhood. Flacks, S.J., International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 51 , 56 - 66
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Drug law reform, performativity and the politics of childhood.
Flacks, S.J. Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Jan;51:56-66
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Drug policy constellations: A Habermasian approach for understanding English drug policy.
Stevens, Al. et. al., International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 57, July 2018, Pages 61-71
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Dysregulation as a correlate of cannabis use and problem use.
López Vergara, H.I. et al., Addictive Behaviors, Volume 95, August 2019, Pages 138-144
- Economic consequences of legal and illegal drugs: The case of social costs in Belgium. Lievens, D. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 44 , 50 - 57
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Economic decline, incarceration, and mortality from drug use disorders in the USA between 1983 and 2014: an observational analysis.
Nosrati, E. et al. The Lancet, Volume 4, Issue 7, Pe326-E333, July 01, 2019
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Children and teenager’s drug consumption in Venezuela as a public health problem.
Rengel, J.M. & Salmasi, M. Saber, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. Vol. 30:354-362
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The Public Health Approach in Drug Policy in Colombia.
Scoppetta Díaz-Granados, O. & Castaño, G. A. Health and Addictions, Vol. 18, No.1, 81-88
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El modelo islandés; ¿por qué tanto bombo?.
European Society for Prevention Research. Palma: EUSPR; 2020. 9 p.
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Engaging with motherhood and parenthood: A commentary on the social science drugs literature.
Martin, F. S. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 7 January 2019
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Estimates of Law Enforcement Costs by Crime Type for Benefit-Cost Analyses.
Estimates of Law Enforcement Costs by Crime Type for Benefit-Cost Analyses
Hunt, P.E., Saunders, J. & Kilmer B. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Volume 10, Issue 1, pages 95-123 (Spring 2019)
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European Pain Federation (EFIC) position paper on appropriate use of cannabis-based medicines and medical cannabis for chronic pain management.
Häuser, W. et al. European Journal of Pain , 22 , (9) , pp. 1547-1564
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Evaluación emocional y actitudinal de advertencias sanitarias de tabaco en adultos y jóvenes de Argentina.
Virgolini, M., Fallocca, V., Leonardelli, E., Volchan, E. Salud Publica Mex. 2018;60:432 441
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Evidence that social-economic factors play an important role in drug overdose deaths.
Heyman, G.M.McVicar,N. & Brownell, H. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 74, December 2019, Pages 274-284
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Fentanyl is used in Mexico's northern border. Current challenges for drug health policies.
Fleiz, C., Arredondo, J., Chavez, A., Pacheco, L., Segovia, L. A., Villatoro, J. A., Cruz, S. L., Medina‐Mora, M. E., and de la Fuente, J. R. Addiction, https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14934
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From monitoring to action: utilising health survey data in national policy development and implementation in Finland.
Kilpeläinen, K., Koponen, P., Tolonen, H. et al. Arch Public Health 77, 48
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From prohibition to regulation: A comparative analysis of the emergence and related outcomes of new legal cannabis policy models (Colorado, Washington State and Uruguay).
Obradovich, I. International Journal of Drug Policy Available online 15 November 2019, 102590
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From wanting to willing – controlled drug use as a treatment goal.
Järvinen, M. Social Science & Medicine, Volume 176, March 2017, Pages 69-76
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Geographic variation and trends in opioid-involved crash deaths in Maryland: 2006–2017.
Duren, M. et al. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 125, April 2019, Pages 1-6
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Global drug policy at an impasse: Examining the politics of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session.
Sischy, J. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 60 , 74 - 81
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Health-damaging policing practices among persons who inject drugs in Mexico: Are deported migrants at greater risk?.
Pinedo, M. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 46, 41 – 46
- How economic recessions and unemployment affect illegal drug use: A systematic realist literature review. Nagelhout, Gera E. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 44, 69 – 83
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How the U.S.-Mexico border influences adolescent substance use: Youth participatory action research using photovoice.
Salerno Valdez, E. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 73, November 2019, Pages 146-155
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Ideation, social construction and drug policy: A scoping review.
Gstrein, V., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 51, January 2018, Pages 75-86
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Illicit Drugs: Patterns of Use, Dependence, and Contribution to Disease Burden in Developed Countries.
Degenhardt, L., Hall, W. & Weier, M. International Encyclopedia of Public Health (Second Edition) 2017, Pages 134-145
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Improving drug policy: The potential of broader democratic participation.
Ritter, A. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy Volume 55, May 2018, Pages 1-7
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Is policy ‘liberalization’ associated with higher odds of adolescent cannabis use? A re-analysis of data from 38 countries.
Stevens, A. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 66, April 2019, Pages 94-99
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Justificación y viabilidad del Tratamiento comunitario.
Barros, R. Canay, R. Carroli, M. Milanese, E. Serrano, I. Tufró, F., Acta Psiquiátr Psicol Am Lat, 2018; 64(3): 185-197
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Keeping up with the times: how national public health and governmental organizations communicate about cannabis on Twitter.
Van Draanen, J. et al., Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy volume 14, Article number: 38
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The “War On Drugs”: Analysis of Confrontations Involving Public Forces 2006-2011.
Madrazo Lajous, A., Calzada Olvera, R. & Romero Vadillo, J.J. Política y Gobierno, Vol. 25, Núm. 2 (2018)
- Language Matters in Combatting the Opioid Epidemic: Safe Consumption Sites Versus Overdose Prevention Sites. Barry, C.L., Sherman, S. G., McGinty, E.E., American Journal of Public Health, 2018; 108 (9): 1157
- Legal Empowerment and Social Accountability: Complementary Strategies Toward Rights-based Development in Health?. Anuradha, J. World Development, Volume 99, November 2017, Pages 160-172
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Making drug policy together: Reflections on evidence, engagement and participation.
Roberts, M. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 25, Issue 5, September 2014, Pages 952-956
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Making up a new drug user from depenalization to repenalisation of drug users in Denmark.
Houborg, E. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 21 January 2020, 102660
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Más vale pedir perdón que pedir permiso: El enfoque subnacional de las políticas de drogas en España.
Sánchez C. & Collings, M. Resumen de Políticas 13 | Octubre 2018 ICCERS, GDPO, Swansea University
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Measuring improvement in knowledge of drug policy reforms following a police education program in Tijuana, Mexico.
Arredondo, J. et al. Harm Reduction Journal 2017 14:72
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Medical marijuana laws and adolescent use of marijuana and other substances: Alcohol, cigarettes, prescription drugs, and other illicit drugs.
Cerdá, M. et al. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018 Feb 1;183:62-68
- Medical Marijuana Laws and Cannabis Use Intersections of Health and Policy. Compton W.M., Volkow N.D., Lopez M.F. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017;74(6):559-560
- Medicalization of cannabis: What does it mean?. Zarhin, Dana et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 49 , 54 - 57
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Mexican mothers against “The War on Drugs.”.
Muehlmann, S., SHAD (2017): 85-106
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Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries.
Kruk M.E. et al. The Lancet, Volume 392, issue 10160, p2203-2212
- Narcotics and Drug Abuse. Pardo, B. & Reuter P. Criminology & Public Policy Volume 17, Issue 2
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New drugs, new directions? Research priorities for new psychoactive substances and human enhancement drugs.
Chatwin, C., Measham, F., Sumnall, H. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 40 , 1 - 5
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New psychoactive substance use as a survival strategy in rural marginalised communities in Hungary.
Csák, R. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 3 January 2020, 102639
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Over and under-regulation in the Colorado Cannabis industry – A data-analytic perspective.
Yates, D. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 59 , 63 - 66
- Pain Management and the Opioid Epidemic Balancing Societal and Individual Benefits and Risks of Prescription Opioid Use. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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National Policy on Drugs and Mental Health: Perceptions of Managers and intersectorial challenges for Political arrangements.
de Souza, M.M. et al. Cadernos Brasileiros de Saúde Mental, ISSN 1984-2147, Florianópolis, v.5, n.11, p.67-87, 2013
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Drug Policies in Argentina (2003-2015). Reflections on the Struggle Between the Inherited and the Reformulated.
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Mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and child and adolescent policies in the Legislative.
Daltin Assis, D.A. et al., SAÚDE DEBATE | RIO DE JANEIRO, V. 41, N. 112, P. 255-272, JAN-MAR 2017
- Post-war prevention: Emerging frameworks to prevent drug use after the War on Drugs. Werb, D. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 51 , 160 - 164
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Postmaterialism and referenda voting to legalize marijuana.
Frendreis, J. & Tatalovich, R., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 75, January 2020, 102595
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Premature mortality attributable to socioeconomic inequality in England between 2003 and 2018: an observational study.
Lewer, D. et al. The Lancet, Published:December 05, 2019
- Prescription Drug Coverage for Treatment of Low Back Pain Among US Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Commercial Insurers. Lin, D.H. et al. JAMA Network Open. 2018;1(2):e180235.
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Prevalence and forms of cannabis use in legal vs. illegal recreational cannabis markets.
Goodman, S. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 76, February 2020, 102658
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Prioritising Action On Alcohol For Health And Development.
Rekve, D. et al. Prioritising action on alcohol for health and development BMJ 2019; 367 :l6162
- Prohibition, regulation or laissez faire: The policy trade-offs of cannabis policy. Rogeberg, O. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 56 , 153 - 161
- Propagating the Haze? Community and professional perceptions of cannabis cultivation and the impacts of prohibition. Beckett Wilson, H. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 48 , 72 - 80
- Prospective associations between cannabis use and negative and positive health and social measures among emerging adults. Korn, Liat et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 58 , 55 - 63
- Recognizing and regulating cannabis as a temptation good. Caulkins, J.P. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 42 , 50 - 56
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Rethinking ‘flexibilities’ in the international drug control system—Potential, precedents and models for reforms.
Collins, J., International Journal of Drug Policy (in press)
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Routes of administration for cannabis use - basic prevalence and related health outcomes: A scoping review and synthesis..
Russell, C. et al. Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Feb;52:87-96
- Social costs of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco in the European Union: A systematic review. Barrio, P., Reynolds, J., García‐Altés, A., Gual, A., Anderson P. Drug Alcohol Rev. Volume36, Issue5 September 2017 Pages 578-588
- Strategies and governance to reduce health inequalities: evidences from a cross-European survey. Barsanti, S. et al. Global Health Research and Policy (2017) 2:18
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Strengthening partnerships between substance use researchers and policy makers to take advantage of a window of opportunity.
Meisel, Z.F., Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 2019 14:12
- The Child’s Right to Protection from Drugs: Understanding History to Move Forward. Barret, D. Health and Human Rights Journal, volume 19, number 1
- The Context of Drug Use in the Consumer Society. Ronzani T. Drugs and Social Context pp 3-13
- The cost-effectiveness of seven behavioural interventions to prevent drug misuse in vulnerable populations. Pennington, B. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 57 , 42 - 50
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The effect of cannabis laws on opioid use.
Flexon, J.L. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 74, December 2019, Pages 152-159
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The effect of medical marijuana laws on the health and labor supply of older adults: evidence from the health and retirement study.
Hersch Nicholas, L & Maclean J., Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue
- The effects of drinking and driving laws on car crashes, injuries, and deaths: Evidence from Chile. Otero, S., Raub, T. Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume 106, September 2017, Pages 262-274
- The emerging role of lawyers as addiction ‘quasi-experts’. Seear, K. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 44 , 183 - 191
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The handling of evidence in national and local policy making: a case study of alcohol industry actor strategies regarding data on on-premise trading hours and violence in Norway.
Rossow, I. & McCambridge, J., BMC Public Health 2019 19:44
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The impact of anti-tobacco legislation on birth weight in Peru.
Mallma, P., Carcamo, C. & Kaufman, J.S. Glob health res policy 5, 5 (2020)
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The last 10 years: any changes in perceptions of the seriousness of alcohol, cannabis, and substance use in Canada?.
Cunningham, J.A., Koski-Jännes, A. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 14, 54
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The movement and translation of drug policy ideas: The case of ‘new recovery’.
Thomas, N. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 73, November 2019, Pages 72-80
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The paradox of illicit economies: survival, resilience, and the limits of development and drug policy orthodoxy.
Dante Gutierrez, E. Globalizations, DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1718825
- The social cost of illicit drugs use in Spain. Rivera, B. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 44, 92 – 104
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The societal cost of heroin use disorder in the United States.
Jiang, R., Lee I, Lee, T.A., Pickard, A.S. (2017) PLoS ONE 12(5): e0177323
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Efforts to Strengthen a Culture of Prevention in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Hanna, H., Wadih, M. & Giovanna, C. Prev Sci (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-020-01088-5
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The value of unsolicited online data in drug policy research.
Enghoff, O. & Aldridge, J. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 31 January 2019, In Press, Corrected Proof
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The value of unsolicited online data in drug policy research.
Enghoff, O. & Aldridge, J. International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 31 January 2019
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Toward a New Drug History of Latin America: A Research Frontier at the Center of Debates.
Gootenberg, P. & Campos, I., Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (1): 1-35
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Transitions in income generation among marginalized people who use drugs: A qualitative study on recycling and vulnerability to violence.
Boyd, Jade et al., International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 59 , 36 - 43
- Transnational social movement theory and the waning war on drugs: Case studies from UNGASS 2016. Mostyn, B. et al. International Journal of Drug Policy , Volume 51 , 148 - 155
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Twenty years of the methadone treatment protocol in Ireland: reflections on the role of general practice.
Delargy, I, Crowley, D. & Van Hout, M.C., Harm Reduction Journal 2019 16:5
- Understanding and learning from the diversification of cannabis supply laws. Kilmer, B., Pacula, R.L, Addiction, Volume 112, Issue 7 July 2017 Pages 1128-1135
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Understanding and learning from the diversification of cannabis supply laws.
Kilmer, B. & Paccula, R.B. Addiction, Volume112, Issue 7, Pages 1128-1135
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UNGASS 2016: Insights from Europe on the development of global cannabis policy and the need for reform of the global drug policy regime.
Chatwin, C. International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 49, November 2017, Pages 80-85
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Uruguayan Cannabis Social Clubs: From activism to dispensaries?.
Pardal, M. et al., International Journal of Drug Policy, Volume 73, November 2019, Pages 49-57
- US Adult Illicit Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder, and Medical Marijuana Laws 1991-1992 to 2012-2013. Hasin D.S., Sarvet A.L., Cerdá M., Keyes K.M., Stohl M., Galea S., Wall M.M. JAMA Psychiatry. 2017;74(6):579-588
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What Does it Mean to Adopt a Human Rights-based Approach to Drug Policy?.
Barrett, D., Hannah, J. & Lines R. Health and Human Rights Journal, January 2020
