Nonfatal overdose from alcohol and/or drugs among a sample of recreational drug users

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gina Martin ◽  
Kate Vallance ◽  
Scott Macdonald ◽  
Tim Stockwell ◽  
Andrew Ivsins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Recreational Drug

A Qualitative Study of the Social Contextual Use of Alkyl Nitrites (Poppers) among Targeted Groups

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca French ◽  
Robert Power
Keyword(s):  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Alkyl Nitrites ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methadone Program

This paper uses qualitative methods to examine the social contextual use of alkyl nitrites among targeted groups: young recreational drug users (students), polysubstance users receiving treatment in a methadone program, homosexual men, and homeless people. Nitrites were a popular recreational and social drug, most commonly taken in nightclubs to enhance both music and the effects of other recreational drugs or taken to enhance sexual experience. Its legal status, low cost, and easy availability added to its popularity, particularly among younger people. Nitrites appeared to be commonplace in mainstream night clubs, having previously been confined to night clubs catering to a more homosexual clientele. Despite this fact, nitrites were still associated with gay culture. There was no evidence that nitrite use led directly to use of illicit drugs.

Assessment of the Abuse Liability of a Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist: A Crossover Study of Almorexant and Zolpidem in Recreational Drug Users

CNS Drugs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans G. Cruz ◽  
Petra Hoever ◽  
Bijan Chakraborty ◽  
Kerri Schoedel ◽  
Edward M. Sellers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crossover Study ◽  
Receptor Antagonist ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Abuse Liability ◽  
Recreational Drug

scholarly journals Improvement in the pre-hospital care of recreational drug users through the development of club specific ambulance referral guidelines

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Wood ◽  
Shaun L Greene ◽  
Graham Alldus ◽  
Denise Huggett ◽  
Michelle Nicolaou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Care ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Recreational Drug

scholarly journals Girl Power: Risky Sexual Behaviour and Gender Identity amongst Young Spanish Recreational Drug Users

Sexualities ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuria Romo ◽  
Jorge Marcos ◽  
Ainhoa Rodríguez ◽  
Andrés Cabrera ◽  
Mariano Hernán
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Risky Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Girl Power ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Gang Talk and Strategic Moralisations in Danish Drug Policy Discourses on Young and Recreational Drug Users

2021 ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
Thomas Friis Søgaard ◽  
Frank Søgaard Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Policy Discourses

In Denmark, a moralization of recreational use of drugs has lately occurred. The use is interpreted in a neo-liberal framing seeing the user who can chose as selfish, not regarding the negative consequences of drug use in a wider sense, and the legislation has been sharpened.

scholarly journals Men and the Drug Buzz: Masculinity and Men’s Motivations for Illicit Recreational Drug Use

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clay Darcy
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Health Behaviours ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Treatment Services ◽  
Recreational Drug Use ◽  
Problem Drug Use ◽  
Recreational Use ◽  
Problem Drug

The purpose of this article is to explore the motivations behind some men’s recreational use of illicit drugs from a gender standpoint. The rationale for this analysis stems from men’s predominance as illicit drug users and their likelihood of experiencing problem drug use and becoming a part of an over-represented population in drug treatment services. Explanations for men’s problematic/addicted patterns of drug use often point to marginalisation, disadvantage, and/or men’s tendency towards problematic health behaviours. This article argues that men’s illicit recreational drug use is often glossed over as a gendered activity and receives less scrutiny than problematic/addicted patterns of drug taking. It examines the drug-taking motivations of 20 Irish men who identified as illicit recreational drug users to expand on and deepen current explanations for men’s illicit recreational drug use. The article demonstrates how men engage in drug use for complex and contradictory reasons that include embodied quests for pleasure and excitement, achieving connection with other men, and performing or contravening masculinities in homosocial contexts.

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