The decline of ecstasy, the rise of 'binge'drinking and the persistence of pleasure

F Measham - Probation Journal, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Recreational drug use has changed rapidly over the last 15 years in the UK. This article
considers access, availability and desirability in relation to contemporary recreational drug …

The public face of binge drinking: British and Danish young women, recent trends in alcohol consumption and the European binge drinking debate

F Measham, J Østergaard - Probation Journal, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
International and national data sets are utilized to compare changes in young women's
alcohol consumption between the UK and Denmark, two European countries renowned for …

A big night out in Melbourne: Drinking as an enactment of class and gender

JO Lindsay - Contemporary Drug Problems, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Alcohol is a ubiquitous substance in Western cultures but knowledge about contemporary
drinking cultures and consumption contexts is relatively sparse. Examining the ways in …

Party drugs and party people: Examining the 'normalization'of recreational drug use in Melbourne, Australia

C Duff - International journal of drug policy, 2005 - Elsevier
This paper reports the findings of survey research recently completed in Melbourne,
Australia among a sample of 379 bar and nightclub patrons. Drawing from the work of …