ABSTRACT

In this volume, contributors employ sociological and public health perspectives to offer insights into behaviours common at raves and nightclubs. The volume provides theoretical observations on illicit club drug use and supply, helping to challenge current orthodoxies on the role of drug use within young peoples' lives. Drawing material from the USA, UK and Hong Kong, the volume allows the demystification of stereotypical presentations surrounding young people who attend clubs and/or use club drugs. This work provides a badly needed and objective analysis of youthful drug use, and a foundation from which future sociological and public studies on young people, clubs and drugs - as well as young people themselves - will benefit.

chapter 1|12 pages

Young People, Clubs and Drugs 1

chapter 3|24 pages

New York City Club Kids

A Contextual Understanding of Club Drug Use 1

chapter 5|10 pages

‘‘Chem Friendly''

The Institutional Basis of ‘‘Club Drug'’ Use in a Sample of Urban Gay Men

chapter 6|11 pages

On Ketamine

In and Out of the K hole

chapter 9|19 pages

In the Club Redux

Ecstasy Use and Supply in a London Nightclub

chapter 10|12 pages

Pub Space, Rave Space and Urban Space

Three Different Night-Time Economies