Against the backdrop of a long-standing British 'binge and brawl'pattern of alcohol-based
weekend leisure and concomitant recurrent anxieties in the media surrounding youth and …

The main purpose of this book is to describe the variety of drinking occasions that exist
around the world, primarily in modern, industrialized countries. As such, it celebrates the …

Abstract Purpose of Review To provide an overview of the risk relationships between
alcohol use and cancer and of the alcohol-attributable cancer burden; to highlight areas of …

Empirical studies assessing alcohol's harm to others very often rely on population survey
data. This study addresses some of the problems and challenges in using survey data for …

Alcohol exposure in adolescence is an important risk factor for the development of
alcoholism in adulthood. Epigenetic processes are implicated in the persistence of …

Addictive disorders are characterised by a division of the will, in which the addict is attracted
both by a desire to continue the addictive behaviour and also by a desire to stop it …

Aims: The study investigated gender differences in drinking patterns and the reasons behind
them among men and women in the Russian city of Novosibirsk. Methods: A mixed method …

There is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can
bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. But …

Discourses on drug use and public health show a relative neglect of the study of pleasure.
We argue that work on the social, cultural and historical specificity of bodies and the …

Alcohol-related problems are a major cause of social disorder and illness in Australia. In
particular, problems associated with the night-time economies of urban and regional centres …