Contemporary Drug Problems
Contemporary Drug Problems is open to any research paper that contributes to social, cultural, historical or epidemiological knowledge and theory concerning drug use and related problems. All submissions to the journal, regardless of method or disciplinary approach, should be consistent with the general insight that drug use, drug effects and drug-related problems are shaped by social, cultural, political, historical, legal and economic contexts. Contemporary Drug Problems also recognizes that innovative or challenging research can sometimes struggle to find a suitable outlet. The journal therefore particularly welcomes original studies for which publication options are limited, including historical research, qualitative studies, and policy and legal analyses.
To determine the suitability of a manuscript for submission, prospective authors should first review the aims and scope of the journal and past issues. If you remain unsure if your manuscript would be suitable for the journal, please email Kate Seear and kylie valentine (K.Seear@latrobe.edu.au; k.valentine@unsw.edu.au)
Contemporary Drug Problems is a scholarly journal that publishes peer-reviewed social science research on alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, licit and illicit. The journal’s orientation is multidisciplinary and international; it is open to any research paper that contributes to social, cultural, historical or epidemiological knowledge and theory concerning drug use and related problems. All submissions to the journal, regardless of method or disciplinary approach, should be consistent with the general insight that drug use, drug effects and drug-related problems are shaped by social, cultural, political, historical, legal and economic contexts. While Contemporary Drug Problems publishes all types of social science research on alcohol and other drugs, it recognizes that innovative or challenging research can sometimes struggle to find a suitable outlet. The journal therefore particularly welcomes original studies for which publication options are limited, including historical research, qualitative studies, and policy and legal analyses. In terms of readership, Contemporary Drug Problems serves a burgeoning constituency of social researchers as well as policy makers and practitioners working in health, welfare, social services, public policy, criminal justice and law enforcement.
| Kate Seear | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Australia |
| kylie valentine | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| David Moore | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Australia |
| Suzanne Fraser | Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Australia |
| Kim Bloomfield | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Nancy Campbell | Department of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA |
| Mats Ekendahl | Department of Social Work, Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Marie Jauffret-Roustide | CERMES 3, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France |
| Michael Savic | Monash University, Australia |
| Mark Stoové | Behaviours and Health Risks Program, Burnet Institute, Australia |
| Campbell Aitken | Burnet Institute, Australia |
| Rosa Alati | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Virginia Berridge | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
| Philippe Bourgois | University of California, Los Angeles, USA |
| Jade Boyd | University of British Columbia, Canada |
| Ross Coomber | University of Liverpool, UK |
| Fay Dennis | Goldsmiths, University of London, UK |
| Cameron Duff | RMIT University, Australia |
| Tristan Duncan | Monash University, Australia |
| Robyn Dwyer | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Adrian Farrugia | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Benedikt Fischer | Simon Fraser University, Canada |
| Renae Fomiatti | Deakin University, Australia |
| Kate Graham | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada |
| Jean-Paul Grund | University of Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Philip Hadfield | University of Leeds, UK |
| Maria Herold | Aarhus University, Denmark |
| Marja Holmila | National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland |
| Geoffrey Hunt | Institute for Scientific Analysis, USA |
| Fiona Hutton | Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand |
| Helen Keane | Australian National University, Australia |
| William Kerr | Alcohol Research Group, USA |
| Jo Kimber | Kings College London, UK |
| Stuart Kinner | University of Melbourne, Australia |
| Ludwig Kraus | Institute for Therapy Research, Germany |
| Karen Joe Laidler | The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
| J.R. Latham | Deakin University, Australia |
| Scott Macdonald | University of Victoria, Canada |
| Robert Mann | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada |
| Rebecca McKetin | University of New South Wales, Australia |
| Fiona Measham | University of Liverpool, UK |
| Jane Mounteney | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal |
| Kiran Pienaar | Deakin University, Australia |
| Kane Race | University of Sydney, Australia |
| Mats Ramstedt | Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
| Craig Reinarman | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
| Tim Rhodes | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK |
| Robin Room | La Trobe University, Australia |
| Laura Schmidt | University of California, San Francisco, USA |
| Trang N. Thu | Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam |
| Shelley Walker | Burnet Institute, Australia |
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