Abstract
On the 16th April 2010 the drug mephedrone was outlawed in the UK. This followed news media reports of deaths linked to the drug. In many respects the mephedrone scare represented a familiar pattern of drug framing and legislative reaction. However, the mephedrone scare took place in the era of online news transmission. To quantify the mephedrone scare the Google Internet search-engine's Trends and News applications were monitored from when the first death was attributed to the drug until 1 year after it was banned.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 198–209 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Drug Policy |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2012 |
Keywords
- drugs
- mephedrone
- digital media
Documents and Links
- A. Forsyth (2012) Virtually a drug scare article
Originally published in: International Journal of Drug Policy (2012), 23 (3), pp.198–209, published by Elsevier. Final pubisher version of article available at the DOI link below. Copyright © Elsevier B.V.