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1. Illegal Leisure Revisited

   Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

   By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Lisa Williams

   Series: Adolescence and Society Series

   This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug...

   Published February 23rd 2011 by Routledge
2. Swimming with Crocodiles

   The Culture of Extreme Drinking

   Edited by Marjana Martinic, Fiona Measham

   Series: ICAP Series on Alcohol in Society

   There is evidence that a distinct pattern of alcohol consumption is emerging across the world and is a cause for concern because of its relationship with a range of health and social problems. Its visibility, particularly its high involvement of young people, makes this not only an issue for public...

   Published June 18th 2008 by Routledge
3. Illegal Leisure

   By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham, Howard Parker

   Series: Adolescence and Society Series

   Illegal Leisure offers a unique insight into the role drug use now plays in British youth culture. The authors present the results of a five year longitudinal study into young people and drug taking. They argue that drugs are no longer used as a form of rebellious behaviour, but have been subsumed...

   Published September 2nd 1998 by Routledge