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Drug Use and Meanings of Risk and Pleasure

Pages 73-96 | Published online: 16 Feb 2007

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Moran Chassid-Segin, Keren Gueta & Natti Ronel. (2023) Drug risk perception and risk management strategies among Israeli functioning drug users: a qualitative exploration. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 30:2, pages 154-163.
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Hang Li & Yuet-Wah Cheung. (2021) Beyond ketamine: narratives of risk among young psychoactive drug users in Hong Kong. Journal of Substance Use 26:5, pages 531-536.
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Aileen O’Gorman. (2016) Chillin, buzzin, getting mangled, and coming down: Doing differentiated normalisation in risk environments. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 23:3, pages 247-254.
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Jane A. Fischer, Alexandra M. Clavarino, Maria Plotnikova & Jackob M. Najman. (2015) Cannabis Use and Quality of Life of Adolescents and Young Adults: Findings from an Australian Birth Cohort. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 47:2, pages 107-116.
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Jeanette Østergaard. (2009) Learning to become an alcohol user: Adolescents taking risks and parents living with uncertainty. Addiction Research & Theory 17:1, pages 30-53.
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Sean Afnan Morrissey. (2008) Performing risks: catharsis, carnival and capital in the risk society. Journal of Youth Studies 11:4, pages 413-427.
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Melissa Tackett-Gibson. (2008) Constructions of Risk and Harm in Online Discussions of Ketamine Use. Addiction Research & Theory 16:3, pages 245-257.
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Karenza Moore & Fiona Measham. (2008) “It's the most fun you can have for twenty quid”: Motivations, Consequences and Meanings of British Ketamine Use. Addiction Research & Theory 16:3, pages 231-244.
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