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29
Active since
2003
Affiliations
University of Kent(Current)
King's College London
Medway School of Pharmacy
UNSW Sydney
University of Vienna
Alex Stevens is an author at University of Kent specializing in substance abuse, addiction, and health sciences.
Top concepts
Substance AbuseAddictionHealthHarm ReductionLawPublic PolicySubstance UseCriminal JusticeAddiction MedicineMedicine
Publications per year
2003–2022
What Can We Learn From The Portuguese Decriminalization of Illicit Drugs?
Caitlin Hughes, Alex Stevens · The British Journal of Criminology · 2010 · 390 citations · Full text
Are drug treatment services only for ‘thieving junkie scumbags’? Drug users and the management of stigmatised identities
Polly Radcliffe, Alex Stevens · Social Science & Medicine · 2008 · 309 citations
Social Stigma, Substance Abuse, Stigmatization +15
Telling Policy Stories: An Ethnographic Study of the Use of Evidence in Policy-making in the UK
Alex Stevens · Journal of Social Policy · 2010 · 258 citations
Narrative Use, Education, Rhetoric +19
Survival of the Ideas that Fit: An Evolutionary Analogy for the Use of Evidence in Policy
Alex Stevens · Social Policy and Society · 2007 · 106 citations
Education, Political Behavior, Research Ethics +17
A resounding success or a disastrous failure: Re‐examining the interpretation of evidence on the Portuguese decriminalisation of illicit drugs
Caitlin Hughes, Alex Stevens · Drug and Alcohol Review · 2012 · 100 citations · Full text
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