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(2004) DITTON, Jason, HAMMERSLEY, Richard & SMITH, Iain "'New' drugs, crime and the informal economy", pp. 61-83 in J. Shapland, H-J Albrecht, J. Ditton & T. Godefroy (eds) The informal economy: Threat and opportunity in the city, Max Planck Institut, Freiburg.

(2002) DITTON, Jason "Hair testing: Just how accurate is it?" Surveillance and Society, Vol 1, No 1, pp. 86-101. To read the whole article, click here.

(2001) HAMMERSLEY, Richard, KHAN, Furzan & DITTON, Jason, Ecstasy and the rise of the chemical generation, Routledge, London. To read some highlights from the book, click here.

(2001) DITTON, Jason & FRISCHER, Martin, "Computerised projection of future heroin epidemics: a necessity for the 21st century?", Journal of Substance Use & Misuse, Vol 36, Nos. 1&2, pp. 151-166. To read more, click here.

(2000) DITTON, Jason, COOPER, G., SCOTT, K., ALLEN, D., OLIVER, J. & SMITH, I. "Hair testing for "ecstasy" (MDMA) in volunteer Scottish drug users", Addiction Biology, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 207-213.To read the abstract, click here.

(2000) KHAN, Furzana, DITTON, Jason, ELLIOTT, Lawrence, SHORT, Emma, MORRISON, Anita, FARRALL, Stephen, and GRUER, Lawrence, "EscapeEs: What sort of ecstasy do package tour ravers seek?", Ch. 13, pp. 221-235 in Simon Carter & Stephen Clift (eds) Tourism and Sex: Culture, Commerce and Coercion, Pinter, London. To read a sample from the chapter, click here.

(2000) COOPER, G., ALLEN, D., SCOTT, K., OLIVER, J., DITTON, Jason & SMITH, I. "Hair Analysis: Self-reported use of "Speed" and "Ecstasy" compared with laboratory findings", Journal of Forensic Science, Vol. 45, No. 2, March, pp. 400-406. To read the abstract, click here.

(2000) HAMMERSLEY, R., KHAN, F. & DITTON. J. "Ethnic minority use of illegal drugs in Glasgow, Scotland: potential difficulties for service provision", Addiction Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 27-49. To read more, click here.

(1999) HAMMERSLEY, Richard, DITTON, Jason, SMITH, Iain & SHORT, Emma, "Patterns of ecstasy use by drug users" British Journal of Criminology, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 625-647. To read more, click here.

(1998) KHAN, Furzana, DITTON, Jason, HAMMERSLEY, Richard, PHILLIPS, Samuel & SHORT, Emma, Ethnic Minority Drug Use in Glasgow. Part One: Comparative attitudes and behaviour of young white and Asian males, Glasgow Drugs Prevention Team, Glasgow, pp. 34. To read more, click here.

(1998) KHAN, Furzana & DITTON, Jason, Ethnic Minority Drug Use in Glasgow. Part Two: Special problems experienced and possible gaps in service provision, Glasgow Drugs Prevention Team, Glasgow, pp. 64. To read more, click here.

(1998) ELLIOTT, Lawrence, MORRISON, Anita, DITTON, Jason, FARRALL, Stephen, SHORT, Emma, COWAN, Lynn and GRUER, Lawrence, "Alcohol, Drug Use and Sexual Behaviour of Young Adults on a Mediterranean Holiday", Addiction Research, Vol. 6, No 4, pp. 319-340. To read more, click here.

(1997) HAMMERSLEY, Richard, DITTON, Jason & MAIN, Donna, "Drug use and sources of drug information in a 12-16 year-old school sample", Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 231-241. To read more, click here.

(1996) DITTON, Jason & HAMMERSLEY, Richard, A Very Greedy Drug: Cocaine in Context, Harwood Academic Press, Reading, ISBN 3-7186-5903-4 (hardback), ISBN 3-7186-5904-2 (softback), 151 pp. To read more, click here.

(1996) DITTON, Jason, "Cannabis: should we decriminalise argument?", Addiction Research, (Editorial), Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. i-iii. To read it, click here.

(1995) HAW, Sally & DITTON, Jason, Perceptions of Drug Control Problems and Policies: A Comparison of Scotland and Holland in the 1980s, The Scottish Office Central Research Unit, ISSN 0950-2254; ISBN 0 7480 1216 8, pp. 23.

(1994) HAMMERSLEY, Richard & DITTON, Jason, "Cocaine Careers in a sample of Scottish users", Addiction Research, (Special edition on cocaine), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 51-69.

(1994) DITTON, Jason & HAMMERSLEY, Richard "The Typical Cocaine User", Druglink, Vol. 9, No. 6, November/December, pp. 11-14.

(1993) DITTON, Jason & TAYLOR, Avril "The Structure of Scotland's Drug Agencies", Addiction Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 69-75.

(1993) BLOOR, M., BARBOUR, R., BODDY, A., COVELL, R.G., DITTON, Jason, et al., "Drug Injectors in Glasgow: A Community at Risk?", Health Bulletin, Vol. 51, No. 6, November, pp. 418-429.

(1993) DITTON, Jason, et al., "'A Very Greedy Sort of Drug': Portraits of Scottish Cocaine Users", Ch. 4, pp. 76-98 in Philip Bean (ed) Cocaine and Crack: Supply and Use, Macmillan, London.

(1991) KENNEDY, Dermot; NAIR, Gwyneth; ELLIOT, Lawrence & DITTON, Jason; "Drug misuse and sharing of needles in Scottish prisons", British Medical Journal, Vol. 302, 22 June, p. 1507.

(1991) PEARSON, Geoffrey; DITTON, Jason; NEWCOMBE, Russell & GILMAN, Mark, "'Everything Starts with an "E"': An Introduction to Ecstasy Use by Young People in Britain", Druglink, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 10-11.

(1991) PEARSON, Geoffrey; DITTON, Jason; NEWCOMBE, Russell & GILMAN, Mark, "MDMA - Ecstasy: New Wave Drug Use",in Drug Misuse in Britain 1991: National Audit of Drug Misuse Statistics, ISDD, London.

(1991) DITTON, Jason, et al., "Scottish Cocaine Users: Wealthy Snorters or Delinquent Smokers?", Drug and Alcohol Dependence, Vol. 28, pp. 269-76.

(1990) DITTON, Jason; & TAYLOR, Avril; Scotland's Drug Misuse Agencies: The 1987 Survey, The Scottish Office Central Research Unit, ISSN 0950-2254, 126 pp.

(1990) DAVIES, J.B., & DITTON, Jason, "The 1990s: Decade of the Stimulants?", British Journal of Addiction, Vol. 85, No. 6, June, pp. 811-13.

(1990) COSTER, Gordon; BAIN, David; NAIR, Gwyneth & DITTON, Jason; "What do clients do when their syringe exchange closes?", The International Journal on Drug Policy, Vol. 1, No. 5, pp. 26-27.

(1989) RAHMAN, M.Z.; DITTON, Jason; & FORSYTH, A.J.M., "Variations in Needle Sharing Practices Among Intravenous Drug Users in Possil (Glasgow)", British Journal of Addiction, Vol. 84, No. 8, August, pp. 923-7.

(1983) DITTON, Jason & SPEIRITS, Kevin "The recent rise in British heroin addiction: cause for concern or case for complacency?" Medical Sociology News, Vol. 9, No. 2, April/May, pp. 17-26.

(1982) DITTON, Jason & SPEIRITS, Kevin, "The new wave of heroin addiction in Britain", Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 4, November, pp. 595-8.

 

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(2003) DITTON, Jason, HAMMERSLEY, Richard & SMITH, Iain "'New' drugs, crime, and the informal economy" in Shapland, J., Albrecht, H-J., Ditton, J. & Godefroy, T. (eds) The Informal Economy: Threat and Opportunity in the City, Max Planck Institut, Freiburg.