This book considers the global discourses and debates about ¿intoxication¿, engaging in critical academic discussion around this concept. The problems in defining intoxication are considered, alongside the meanings of intoxication and how these meanings often differ across diverse drug using populations. The way that intoxication has been engaged with over the centuries has affected how particular groups are perceived and responded to, resulting in punitive responses such as drug prohibition, alongside harsh treatment of those who are seen to transgress societal norms and values. Therefore, this collection seeks to unsettle dominant discourses about intoxication and to consider this concept in new, critical ways. Ways of being intoxicated are also defined in this book in their broadest sense; from ¿energy drinks¿ and other legal drugs, to recreational use of illicit drugs such as ecstasy, to ¿problematic¿ drug use.

1. Introduction, Fiona Hutton.- 2. Alcohol And Intoxication, Antonia Lyons And Kate Kersey.- 3. Smoking And Intoxication: From Control To The Buzz, Helen Keane.- 4.Illicit Drugs And Intoxication, Angus Bancroft.- 5. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) And Intoxication, Fiona Hutton.- 6. Alcohol Mixed With Energy Drinks (Amed) And Intoxication, Nic Droste, Amy Peacock, Amy Pennay And Peter Miller.- 7. Sexualities And Intoxication: "To Be Intoxicated Is To Still Be Me, Just A Little Blurry": Drugs, Enhancement And Transformation In LGBTQ Cultures, Kira Pienaar, Dan Murphy, Kane Race, Toby Lea.- 8. Ethnicities And Intoxication, Sarah Herbert And Tim Mccreanor.- 9. Femininities And Intoxication, Fiona Hutton.- 10. Masculinities And Intoxication: Notes Towards A Co-Constitutive Approach, David Moore.- 11.Media And Intoxication: Media Representations Of The Intoxicated, Tammy Ayres And Stuart Taylor.- 12. Social Media And Intoxication: "Tweaker Nation": Intoxication And Social Media, Andy Rudock.- 13. Societal Responses To Intoxication, Robin Room.- 14. Intoxication And Harm Reduction, Adrian Barton.

Fiona Hutton is Associate Professor at the Institute of Criminology, Victoria University, New Zealand. She has taught and researched in the academic discipline of Criminology - specifically in the areas of criminological theory, gender, youth crime and cultures, drug policy, harm reduction, alcohol and other drugs - for the past twenty years.