Dr Craig Morris

Craig Morris is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology. He teaches on the courses Drugs and Drug Use in Society, Investigating Contemporary Popular Culture and Researching Society and Culture (as well as occasionally contributing to other courses). He has research interests in language / discourse analysis and social aspects of illicit drug use.

Publications

Morris, C. (2004) ‘Is All Use Abuse?’ in P. Peet (ed.) Under the Influence: The disinformation guide to drugs, New York, The Disinformation Company Ltd.

Coomber, R., Oliver, M., Morris, C. (2003) `Using Cannabis Therapeutically in the UK: a qualitative analysis of how using an illicit drug therapeutically affects the life of users and their relationships with significant others, health care providers and the criminal justice system,’ Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 33, No. 2.

Coomber, R., Morris, C. and Dunn, L. (2000) ‘How the Media do Drugs: quality control and the reporting of drug issues’, International Journal of Drug Policy, 11 (2000): 217 - 225.

Morris, C. (2000) ‘Researching Sensitive Issues’, Social Research Association News, May 2000: 12.

Postance, B., MacFarlane, A., and Morris, C. (1998) An Evaluation of Intermediate Care in Greenwich, Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority, [report for Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority].

Postance, B., MacFarlane, A., and Morris, C. (1998) An Evaluation of a Community Rehabilitation Team, [report for Bexley and Greenwich Health Authority].

Conference papers

Medicinal Cannabis Users’ Discourses: Articulations of the ‘natural’ in a clash of discourses, Discourse, Power, Resistance, 31 March, 2010, Greenwich, UK.