This edited volume brings together cutting-edge research on drinking practices among young adults. This substantially revised and expanded second edition builds on the award-winning work of the first edition and adds new chapters on: young people's drinking in low- and middle-income countries, the impact of the alcohol industry and of the Covid 19 pandemic. An entirely new section examines important shifts in drinking practices during and since the Covid-19 pandemic including a focus on 'lockdown drinking' and the transition back (or not) to physical drinking spaces since the height of the pandemic.

In acknowledging the complex nature of drinking styles among young adults, the contributors to this collection eschew traditional understandings of young adult drinking which can pathologise and generalise. We showcase a range of interdisciplinary and disciplinary perspectives and advocate for an inclusive approach, evident in the wide range of international settings, cultural perspectives, backgrounds and methods represented in this book, in order to better understand the economic, socio-cultural and pharmacological crossroads at which we now stand.

This book will appeal in particular to researchers, practitioners and policy makers working in the fields of alcohol and substance use, public health and health psychology, in addition to students and researchers from across the social sciences.

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Dom Conroy is an Associate Lecturer in psychology at The Open University. Dom is interested in exploring young adult drinking practices that illuminate issues of intimacy and social bonding underpinning alcohol use and developing understanding of flexible drinking styles and agency involved in young adults' alcohol use.

Fiona Measham is Chair in Criminology at the University of Liverpool, UK. Fiona has conducted research for three decades across a broad area of criminology and social policy, exploring drug trends, drug policy, nightlife and harm reduction. Fiona has served on numerous scientific advisory committees and was a co-founder and director of The Loop and The Loop AU, best known for introducing drug checking in the UK and three Australian states.