Response to commentaries: (de)normalization of drinking and its implications for young people, sociality, culture and epidemiology

Gabriel Caluzzi¹, Michael Livingston^{1

2}, John Holmes³, Sarah MacLean^{1

4}, Dan I Lubman^{5

6}, Paul Dietze^{7

8}, Rakhi Vashishtha¹, Rachel Herring⁹, Amy Pennay¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
² National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
³ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
⁵ Turning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁷ National Drug Research Institute and EnAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
⁸ Behaviours and Health Risks Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
⁹ Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, UK.

Editorial

Gabriel Caluzzi et al. Addiction. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;117(5):1217-1219.

doi: 10.1111/add.15848. Epub 2022 Feb 28.

Gabriel Caluzzi¹, Michael Livingston^{1

2}, John Holmes³, Sarah MacLean^{1

4}, Dan I Lubman^{5

6}, Paul Dietze^{7

8}, Rakhi Vashishtha¹, Rachel Herring⁹, Amy Pennay¹

¹ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
² National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
³ School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
⁴ School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
⁵ Turning Point, Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia.
⁶ Monash Addiction Research Centre, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁷ National Drug Research Institute and EnAble Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
⁸ Behaviours and Health Risks Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
⁹ Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol; alcohol epidemiology; cultural change; declining youth drinking; digital technology; normalization; sociality.

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