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Intoxication

Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life.

Intoxication - In a special programme, Laurie Taylor explores the role and meaning of both alcohol and drugs in human life. Why do so many people chose to alter their consciousness with stimulants, whether legal or illicit? Professor James Mills, the author of 'Cannabis Nation..' is joined by Professor Fiona Measham and Professor Chris Hackley.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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Chris Hackley

Professor of Marketing at Royal Holloway University of London

 

 

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Abstract: Young Adults and ‘Binge’ Drinking: A Bakhtinian Analysis

Chris Hackleya, Andrew Bengry-Howellb, Christine Griffinc, Willm Mistralc, Isabelle Szmigind & Rungpaka Amy Hackley née Tiwsakule

DOI:10.1080/0267257X.2012.729074

Journal of Marketing Management

Fiona Measham

Professor of Criminology at Durham University

 

 

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Illegal Leisure Revisited

Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Lisa Williams

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN-10: 0415495539

ISBN-13: 978-0415495530

 

 

Illegal Leisure: The Normalization of Adolescent Recreational Drug Use

Howard J.; Aldridge, Judith; Measham, Fiona Parker

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN-10: 0415158109

ISBN-13: 978-0415158107

James Mills

Professor of Modern History at the Centre for the Social History of Health and Healthcare, University of Strathclyde

 

 

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Cannabis Nation: Control and Consumption in Britain, 1928-2008

Publisher: OUP Oxford

ISBN-10: 0199283427

ISBN-13: 978-0199283422

 

 

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  • Boxing Day 2012 16:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 31 Dec 2012 00:15
    BBC Radio 4

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