References
- Boekel L, Brouwers E, Weeghel J, Garretsen H. 2015. Comparing stigmatising attitudes towards people with substance use disorders between the general public, GPs, mental health and addiction specialists and clients. Int J Social Psychiatry. 61:539–549.
- Brown SA. 2015. Stigma towards Marijuana users and Heroin users. J Psychoactive Drugs. 47:213–220.
- Drugscope. 2014. It’s about time: tackling substance misuse in older people. Available from: http://www.drugscope.org.uk/POLICY+TOPICS/OlderPeople
- Erofeeva P. 2016. The stigmatization of alcohol and drug dependence: its scope and consequences. J Social Policy Stud. 14:377–392.
- Erowid. 2005. Available from: https://www.erowid.org/psychoactives/statistics/statistics_article2.shtml
- Finnigan F. 1996. How non-heroin users perceive heroin users and how heroin users perceive themselves. Addict Res. 4:25–32.
- McElrath K, McEvoy K. 2001. Heroin as Evil: ecstasy users’ perceptions about heroin. Drugs Educ Prevent Policy. 8:177–189.
- McSweeney T, Turnbull PJ. 2007. Exploring user perceptions of occasional and controlled heroin use: a follow-up study. York (UK): Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
- Palamar JJ. 2012. A pilot study examining perceived rejection and secrecy in relation to illicit drug use and associated stigma. Drug Alcohol Rev. 31:573–579.
- Palamar JJ. 2013. An examination of beliefs and opinion about drug use in relation to personal stigmatization towards drug users. J Psychoactive Drugs. 45:367–373.
- Palamar JJ, Halkitis PN, Kiang MV. 2013. Perceived public stigma and stigmatization in explaining lifetime illicit drug use among emerging adults. Addict Res Theory. 21:516–525.
- Samuelsson E, Wallander L. 2014. Disentangling practitioners’ perceptions of substance use severity: A factorial survey. Addict Res Theory. 22:348–360.
- Scheibe L. 2017. Visualising “junkies” and “meth heads”: a visual analysis of the persistent negative reputation of heroin and meth users. Drugs Alcohol Today. 17:40–49.
- Shewan D, Dalgarno P. 2005. Low levels of negative health and social outcomes among non-treatment heroin users in Glasgow (Scotland): evidence for controlled heroin use. Br J Health Psychol. 10:33–48.
- Shewan D, Dalgarno P, Marshall A, Lowe E, Campbell M, Nicholson S, Reith G, Mclafferty V, Thomson K. 1998. Patterns of heroin use among a non-treatment sample in Glasgow (Scotland). Addict Res. 6:215–234.
- Simpson M, McNulty J. 2008. Different needs: women's drug use and treatment in the UK. Int J Drug Policy. 19:169–175.
- Warburton H, Turnbull PJ, Hough M. 2005. Occasional and controlled heroin use: not a problem? York (UK): Joseph Rowntree Foundation.