Background A range of societal changes have created positive and encouraging
environments for women's alcohol use. Within this context, in Western countries there is …

This article puts in question the usefulness of the concept of “problem” or “problems” in
alcohol and drug research and theory. A focus on problematizations is defended as a more …

Problem definition in program planning and evaluation is rarely problematized. In this article,
I discuss why the lack of problem problematization is itself problematic—in other words, why …

Background: Policy is an important element of influencing individual health-related
behaviours associated to major risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as …

For over 20 years, drug policy experts have been calling for the wider availability of
naloxone, to enable lay overdose witnesses to respond to opioid overdose events. However …

Increasing attention has been paid to matters of ontology, and its accompanying politics, in
the drug policy field. In this commentary, we consider what an 'ontological politics' might …

Abstract Background In the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC), the BC Mental
Health Act permits involuntary care for treating mental disorders. However, the Act has also …

Abstract Concepts of addiction differ across time and place. This article is based on an
international research project currently exploring this variation and change in concepts of …

Constructivist grounded theory (CGT) has gained traction as a popular method across
various fields in both the social and natural sciences. Its acclaim lies in its constructivist and …

Contemporary research in the drugs field has demonstrated a number of gender differences
in patterns and experiences of substance use, and the design and provision of gender …