The impact of the Celtic Tiger and Great Recession on drug consumption

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dc.contributor.authorWindle, James
dc.contributor.authorCambridge, Graham
dc.contributor.authorLeonard, James
dc.contributor.authorLynch, Orla
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T11:48:19Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T11:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2022-12-29
dc.date.updated2023-02-03T15:36:43Z
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This paper aims to explore how the Celtic Tiger economic boom and Great Recession influenced drug and alcohol use in one Irish city. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 48 people, living in Cork City, who had previously used drugs and/or alcohol problematically. All participants had engaged with services for their problematic use and had at least one year of abstinence at time of interview. Findings: Some participants reported that their drug and/or alcohol consumption increased during the economic boom; others, who were already in (self-defined) active addiction, reported how full employment lessened some of the harms of their problematic use. For others, problematic use struck once the economy entered a downturn and, heavy drink and drug use became a means of soothing the strains of economic recession. Originality/value: The paper provides two key contributions. Methodologically, it demonstrates how large-scale national quantitative data can mask local idiosyncratic tendencies, suggesting the need for mixed-method approaches for understanding drug market trends. The paper also provides insights into the impact of global and local economic conditions on drug and alcohol consumption in Ireland.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationWindle, J., Cambridge, G., Leonard, J. and Lynch, O. (2022) 'The impact of the Celtic Tiger and Great Recession on drug consumption', Drugs, Habits and Social Policy. doi: 10.1108/DHS-05-2022-0021en
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/DHS-05-2022-0021en
dc.identifier.issn2752-6739
dc.identifier.journaltitleDrugs, Habits and Social Policyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14187
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEmerald Publishingen
dc.rights© 2022, James Windle, Graham Cambridge, James Leonard and Orla Lynch. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http:// creativecommons.org/licences/ by/4.0/legalcodeen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAddictionen
dc.subjectAlcoholen
dc.subjectCeltic Tigeren
dc.subjectDrug consumptionen
dc.subjectGreat Recessionen
dc.subjectInsider-researcheren
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.titleThe impact of the Celtic Tiger and Great Recession on drug consumptionen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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