Cocaine Rituals in Club Culture: Intensifying and Controlling Alcohol Intoxication

Journal of Drug Issues ◽

10.1177/0022042620986514 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 002204262098651

Author(s):

Marit Edland-Gryt

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Young People ◽

Alcohol Intoxication ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Cocaine Use ◽

Interaction Rituals ◽

Collective Effervescence ◽

Drinking Culture ◽

Cocaine Users ◽

And Control

Clubbing is an important part of the nighttime economy, and cocaine use is, for some young people, an essential part of this clubbing culture. However, the interaction rituals around the use of powder cocaine in this context remain understudied. This study is based on qualitative interviews with young adult recreational cocaine users ( n = 28) and explores how they use cocaine in club settings, in relation to rituals and drinking culture. The analysis identified three main explanations for using cocaine: (a) unity with friends because of shared transgression, (b) the high as a “collective effervescence,” and (c) the possibility to control, extend, and intensify drinking to intoxication. These three explanations illustrate how cocaine rituals were deeply integrated in drinking-to-intoxication rituals, and how the illegality of cocaine use reinforced feelings of unity with friends. In the nighttime economy, cocaine use and its related rituals are used to intensify and control alcohol-fuelled partying.

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The family rules. The influence of parenting styles on adolescents' media literacy

Medienbildung im Spannungsfeld medienpädagogischer Leitbegriffe - MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung ◽

10.21240/mpaed/35/2019.10.20.x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (Media literacy) ◽

pp. 74-96

Author(s):

Claudia Riesmeyer ◽

Bernadette Abel ◽

Annika Großmann

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Media Literacy ◽

Parenting Styles ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Media Criticism ◽

The Family ◽

The Media ◽

And Control ◽

Strong Control ◽

The Relationship

The paper examines the relationship between parenting styles concerning media and the ability of young people to criticize media. It is based on 28 qualitative interviews with each parent and their children. Young people use social networks such as Instagram extensively, while their parents use them much less often. Nevertheless, they are the first instance of media socialization. They should communicate norms for media use and inform about opportunities and risks. Instagram fulfils adolescents' desire for social interaction with others or participation in the life of others, documentation of everyday life and the possibility of self-expression through its visual characteristics. The paper develops a typology of young people depending on parenting styles and illustrates their relevance for media criticism. The dimensions of parenting styles heat and control characterize this ability. The higher the warmth of parenting, the higher the children's ability to criticize the media. The influence of control is less clear. It is advantageous to a certain degree and helps the children. If it becomes too strong, control unfolds a rather negative potential that inhibits young people's media literacy.

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Creating a ‘Masala’ Self: Bicultural Identity in Desi Young Adult Novels

International Research in Children s Literature ◽

10.3366/ircl.2010.0102 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 119-133 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michelle Superle

Keyword(s):

Young Adult ◽

Young People ◽

Identity Development ◽

Small Body ◽

The United States ◽

Young Adult Fiction ◽

Bicultural Identity ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Institutional Forces ◽

Cultural Identity Development

In the past two decades, the previously silent voices of diasporic Indian writers for young people have emerged, and a small body of texts has begun to develop in the United States and the United Kingdom. One of the major preoccupations of these texts is cultural identity development, especially in the novels published for a young adult audience, which often feature protagonists in the throes of an identity crisis. For example, the novels The Roller Birds of Rampur (1991) by Indi Rana, Born Confused (2002) by Tanuja Desai Hidier, and The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen (2005) by Mitali Perkins all focus on an adolescent girl coping with her bicultural identity with angst and confusion, and delineate the ways her self-concept and relationships are affected. The texts are empowering in their suggestion that young people have the agency to explore and create their own balanced bicultural identities, but like other young adult fiction, they ultimately situate adolescents within insurmountable institutional forces that are much more powerful than any individual.

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Progesterone effects on cocaine use in male cocaine users maintained on methadone: a randomized, double-blind, pilot study.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1093984.548935 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Kyle Kampman

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Double Blind ◽

Cocaine Use ◽

Cocaine Users

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Treating sleep problems in young people at ultra-high-risk of psychosis: study protocol for a single-blind parallel group randomised controlled feasibility trial (SleepWell)

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. e045235

Author(s):

Felicity Waite ◽

Thomas Kabir ◽

Louise Johns ◽

Jill Mollison ◽

Apostolos Tsiachristas ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

High Risk ◽

Young People ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Feasibility Trial ◽

Psychotic Experiences ◽

Post Intervention ◽

Ultra High Risk ◽

Randomised Controlled

BackgroundEffective interventions, targeting key contributory causal factors, are needed to prevent the emergence of severe mental health problems in young people. Insomnia is a common clinical issue that is problematic in its own right but that also leads to the development and persistence of psychotic experiences. The implication is that treating sleep problems may prevent the onset of psychosis. We collected initial case series data with 12 young people at ultra-high-risk of psychosis. Post-intervention, there were improvements in sleep, depression and psychotic experiences. Now we test the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial, with a clinical aim to treat sleep problems and hence reduce depression, psychotic experiences, and prevent transition to psychosis.Methods and analysisA randomised controlled feasibility trial will be conducted. Forty patients aged 14 to 25 years who are at ultra-high-risk of psychosis and have sleep disturbance will be recruited from National Health Service (NHS) mental health services. Participants will be randomised to receive either a novel, targeted, youth-focussed sleep intervention in addition to usual care or usual care alone. Assessor-blinded assessments will be conducted at baseline, 3 months (post-intervention) and 9 months (follow-up). The eight-session psychological intervention will target the key mechanisms which disrupt sleep: circadian rhythm irregularities, low sleep pressure, and hyperarousal. To gain an in-depth understanding of participants’ views on the acceptability of the intervention and study procedures, 16 participants (n=10 intervention, n=6 control) will take part in qualitative interviews. Analyses will focus on feasibility outcomes (recruitment, retention, and treatment uptake rates) and provide initial CI estimates of intervention effects. Thematic analysis of the qualitative interviews will assess the acceptability of the intervention and trial procedures.Ethics and disseminationThe trial has received ethical approval from the NHS Health Research Authority. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and lay networks.Trial registration numberISRCTN85601537.

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Effervescence Accelerators: Barriers to Outsiders in Christian Interaction Rituals

Sociology of Religion ◽

10.1093/socrel/srab001 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Scott Draper

Keyword(s):

Social Dynamics ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Strong Support ◽

Social Solidarity ◽

Latter Day Saints ◽

Religious Rituals ◽

Interaction Rituals ◽

Collective Effervescence ◽

Social Dynamic ◽

Christian Congregations

Abstract In interaction ritual theory, barriers to outsiders are cues that communicate who is and is not excluded from a ritual. Prior research on religious rituals has established strong support for the hypothesis that barriers promote collective effervescence and social solidarity. Questions remain, though, regarding how this social dynamic impacts the practices, identities, missions, and conflicts of congregations who strive to be inclusive. We conducted microsociological analysis of rituals based on participant-observation and focus groups at six Christian congregations: Jehovah’s Witnesses, Latter-day Saints, Christian Scientists, Brethren, Catholics, and Episcopalians. Barriers were built in all the rituals, bringing congregational distinction through contrast with different types of outsiders. We also observed effervescent moments where barriers were low and inconsequential, suggesting that severe barriers are unnecessary. Rather, the special ritual function of barriers is to provide instant jolts of effervescence, especially when other social dynamics are failing.

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Time to Work—Opposing Political Rationality with Young Peoples’ Experiences of Working in a Mandatory Activation Context in Norway

Journal of Applied Youth Studies ◽

10.1007/s43151-021-00031-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Heidi Moen Gjersøe ◽

Anne Leseth

Keyword(s):

Young Adults ◽

Young People ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Work Time ◽

Temporal Dimension ◽

Work Relations ◽

Political Discourses ◽

Political Rationality ◽

Employment Education ◽

Linear Manner

AbstractThis paper argues that young people, targeted by activation policies, had several temporal experiences with work that can contribute to broadening our understanding of labour market policy for this group of young people. By drawing on qualitative interviews with young people not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in a Norwegian activation context, and by applying anthropological and sociological concepts on temporality and work time in our analysis, we question how time is constructed and reproduced in the establishment of work relations among this group of people. We argue that political discourses of work inclusion for young adults (NEETs) tend to portray work as a means to an end for inclusion. In doing so, they fail to address the complex temporal dimension of work. We find that young adults have a range of complex experiences where disparity between formal and informal aspects of work becomes visible. The temporal dimension of these experiences and the relativity of speed in getting a job are not experienced in a linear manner but as churning between getting a job, having a job, and losing a job.

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Implementing safeguarding and personalisation in social work: Findings from practice

Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1177/1468017316652001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 3-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Martin Stevens ◽

John Woolham ◽

Jill Manthorpe ◽

Fiona Aspinall ◽

Shereen Hussein ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Workers ◽

Research Study ◽

Qualitative Interviews ◽

Good Practice ◽

Direct Payment ◽

Positive Outcomes ◽

Policy Objectives ◽

Direct Payments ◽

And Control ◽

Exercise Of Discretion

Summary This paper reports on part of a research study carried out in three local authority adult social care departments in England, which explored links between adult safeguarding and personalisation. The study included statistical analysis of data on safeguarding referrals and the take up of personal budgets and qualitative interviews with managers, social workers, other staff working on safeguarding and with service users. The paper reports the findings from 16 interviews with managers and social workers, highlighting their perspectives and experiences. Findings Five main themes emerged from our analysis: contexts and risk factors; views about risks associated with Direct Payments, approaches to minimising risk; balancing risk and choice; and weaving safeguarding and personalisation practice. Social workers identified similar ranges and kinds of risks to those identified in the national evaluation of Individual Budgets. They described a tension between policy objectives and their exercise of discretion to assess and manage risks. For example, some described how they would discourage certain people from taking their personal budget as a Direct Payment or suggest they take only part of a personal budget as a Direct Payment. Application This exploratory study supports the continued need for skilled social workers to deliver outcomes related to both safeguarding and personalisation policies. Implementing these policies may entail a new form of ‘care and control’, which may require specific approaches in supervision in order to ensure good practice is fostered and positive outcomes attained.

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G361 Service evaluation of management of children and young people presenting with alcohol intoxication to a paediatric emergency department in Northern England

10.1136/archdischild-2020-rcpch.309 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

M Dasarathi ◽

M Livingstone

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Young People ◽

Alcohol Intoxication ◽

Service Evaluation ◽

Children And Young People ◽

Paediatric Emergency Department ◽

Paediatric Emergency

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Pulmonary alterations in cocaine users

Sao Paulo Medical Journal ◽

10.1590/s1516-31802004000100007 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 122 (1) ◽

pp. 26-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Mário Terra Filho ◽

Chen Chin Yen ◽

Ubiratan de Paula Santos ◽

Daniel Romero Muñoz

Keyword(s):

Interstitial Fibrosis ◽

Young Patients ◽

Clinical Manifestations ◽

Public Health Problem ◽

Lung Abscess ◽

Pulmonary Complications ◽

Major Public Health Problem ◽

Pulmonary Infarction ◽

Cocaine Use ◽

Cocaine Users

CONTEXT: Brazilian researchers have recently recognized a marked increase in the number of people using abusable drugs and the consequences of this habit. It has become a major public health problem in a potentially productive segment of the general population. In the last few years, several medical articles have given special emphasis to pulmonary complications related to cocaine use. This review is based on this information and experience acquired with groups of cocaine users. OBJECTIVE: To present to physicians the pulmonary aspects of cocaine use and warn about the various effects this drug has on the respiratory system, stressing those related to long-term use. DESIGN: Narrative review. METHOD: Pulmonary complications are described. These may include infections (Staphylococcus aureus, pulmonary tuberculosis, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome/aids, etc.), aspiration pneumonia, lung abscess, empyema, septic embolism, non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, barotrauma, pulmonary granulomatosis, bronchiolitis obliterans and organizing pneumonia, pneumonitis and interstitial fibrosis, pneumonitis hypersensitivity, lung infiltrates and eosinophilia in individuals with bronchial hyperreactivity, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, vasculitis, pulmonary infarction, pulmonary hypertension and alterations in gas exchange. It is concluded that physicians should give special attention to the various pulmonary and clinical manifestations related to cocaine use, particularly in young patients.

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