BACKGROUND: Recent debates on 'binge drinking'in the UK have represented the activities
of young drinkers in urban areas as a particular source of concern, as constituting a threat to …

This paper reflects on the relationship between harm reduction, demand reduction, and
supply reduction (collectively, harm minimisation) in relation to the individual, socio …

While drinking in moderation is preferred, the reality is that many young people are
deliberately engaging in hedonistic drinking where the 'buzz'effect of alcohol has become an …

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 …

This article contrasts two understandings of intoxication. The first, found in public health
discourse, constructs intoxication as a harm produced by risky alcohol consumption and …

Problematic alcohol consumption is a major public health, health education and health
promotion issue in Australia and internationally. In an effort to better understand young …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of recent changes in young
people's consumption of alcohol in Britain before then charting emerging academic …

Alcohol consumption is frequently described as a contemporary, worsening and peculiarly
British social problem that requires radical remedial regulation. Informed by historical …

This report presents the findings from a qualitative study exploring the social context of binge
drinking1 among young adults aged from 18 to 24 years. The study examines young …

This paper reports findings from a qualitative study examining young people's perceived
motivations for 'binge'drinking, and the associated harmful outcomes. Sixty-four, in-depth …