Disneyization of Drug Use

Disneyization of Drug Use offers an innovative, ground-up understanding of the atypical patterns of illegal drug use that often permeate multi-day party zones such as nightlife tourist resorts and music festivals.

Tim Turner is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at Coventry University. His research interests focus on atypical patterns of drug and alcohol use in music festivals and other party zones. He is a volunteer research officer with The Loop, a ground-breaking service providing drug checking and harm reduction interventions within music festivals and city centres. Prior to his academic career, Tim was employed as a Forensic Mental Health Nurse in Camden Town, north London, working with violent mentally disordered offenders in the community, prisons, secure units, and police stations.

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Call of the Wild: Drugs, Pleasure, and Escape Chapter 3: Messy Methods, Dirty Knowledge Chapter 4: Disneyized Theming: Welcome to the Pleasure Dome Chapter 5: Disneyized Hybrid Consumption: Space, Drugs and Normalization Chapter 6: Disneyized Branding and Merchandise: Drugs and Hierarchies of Cool Chapter 7: Disneyized Performative Labour: Drug Use and Dealing Amongst Ibiza's Seasonal Workers Chapter 8: The Disneyization of Drug Use: From Ibiza to Festivals Chapter 9: Conclusion