...Emeka W. Dumbili; Emmanuel Ezekwe; Ogochukwu Winifred Odeigah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore polydrug use and the factors that motivate the use of multiple substances among selected young adults. Design/methodology/approach A total of 23 male and female participants (aged 23...

...Maria Dich Herold; Cecilia Rand; Vibeke Asmussen Frank Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how a “holistic approach” is enacted in two interventions accommodating the same target group, young adults with offending behaviour and drug use experiences, but offered in very different...

...Mark A. Prince; Tiffany Jenzer; Whitney Brown; Eleftherios M. Hetelekides; Rachel A. Mumm; R. Lorraine Collins Purpose Cannabis use among young adults is increasing, despite being associated with several negative consequences. Protective behavioral strategies (PBSs) are a potential mechanism...

... cultures Teenagers Finland Italy Young adults Alcoholic drinks Individual behaviour Group behaviour Collectivistic and individualistic values are neither self‐evident nor easily discerned in youth behaviour: individualist and peer‐oriented traits can play the same roles for different purposes...

... such approaches to pharmaco‐vigilance, an inherent inability to provide consistent factual information to consumers. The ACMD was created (H.M. Government, 1971) in 1971: Research chemicals Information gap Legal highs Drugs Students Young adults Potent drugs to alter or Exult Imagination...