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First Alcohol Treatment Institutions in Today's Czech Republic and Slovak Republic

Scientific article

Abstract Objective: Drawing on qualitative analysis of selected historical documents, the paper seeks to provide a definition of the general characteristics of the first institutional alcohol treatment facilities in today's Czech Republic...

Liquid Modernity: Space, Place & Contemporary Drinking Cultures

11 April 2019

Bournemouth

United Kingdom

Liquid Modernity is a two-day event that seeks to draw together researchers interested in exploring the intersection of drink, space and place within contemporary culture, media and society.

The 'Explosion’ That Never Happened: Crack and Cocaine Use in Britain

Book

6 July 2017

In 1989 a whirlwind of concern was stirred up by a US drug enforcement officer who predicted for Britain a US-style “explosion” of violence associated with the ‘almost instantly addictive’ crack version of cocaine. That did not happen - but...