..., industry, practitioners and other experts. In addition, the ordinary citizen or general public are a stakeholder to drug policy. The role of public opinion in policy formation has been well-documented (Burstein, 2003 ; Page and Shapiro, 1983) with potentially bi-directional effects (as a prelude to policy...

... Moral panic Drugs Public opinion Social behaviour United Kingdom The posting of our survey generated many responses on the various discussion forums we used. While many early responses were supportive, a number were reluctant participants raising questions about our intentions, methods...