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Marian Buhociu is a lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the Centre for Criminology at the University of South Wales since October 2018. He is a former senior Romanian drugs investigator (between 2005-2010) and he has recently completed his PhD in the misuse of new psychoactive substances among problematic drug users in South Wales, which involved extensive engagement with service users and treatment agencies. Over the last 13 years he has developed expertise in substance misuse among heavy-end drug users and students, and the policing of drug trafficking in Europe.
Marian’s research interests fall mainly within the field of alcohol and drug misuse among vulnerable populations. Since 2016, he has been working on a longitudinal study on drugs and alcohol misuse and associated harms among university students from South Wales. Other recent projects focused on: the impact of the Minimum Pricing for Alcohol among harmful and hazardous drinkers in Wales, night-time economy related crimes among young adults in towns in the Welsh Valleys, and the use of Prescription-only Medicines and Opiate Substitution Treatment among Welsh problematic drug users.
Contact details:
Email: marian.buhociu@southwales.ac.uk
Twitter: @MarianBuhociu
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Substance Misuse, Doctor of Philosophy, I quit heroin for meow: A qualitative study of the use of new psychoactive substances among problem drug users in South Wales, University of South Wales
Award Date: 19 Dec 2018
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Assessing the impact of minimum pricing for alcohol on the wider population of drinkers: interim findings
Buhociu, M., Holloway, K. & Murray, S., 28 Feb 2023, Welsh Government. 162 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Assessing the Early Impact of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol on the Wider Population of Drinkers
Holloway, K., Buhociu, M., Murray, S., Livingston, W. & Perkins, A., 24 Mar 2022, Welsh Government. 119 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for substance misuse services: Findings from a peer-led study
Holloway, K., Buhociu, M. & Murray, S., 12 Dec 2022, In: Harm Reduction Journal. 19, 140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the Impact of Minimum Pricing for Alcohol on the Wider Population of Drinkers - Baseline
Buhociu, M., Holloway, K., May, T., Livingston, W. & Perkins, A., 8 Jul 2021, Welsh Government. 117 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Adapting existing behaviour: perceptions of substance switching and implementation of minimum pricing for alcohol in Wales
Livingston, W., Holloway, K., May, T., Buhociu, M., Madoc-Jones, I. & Perkins, A., 20 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. 38, 1, p. 22-34 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Higher Education Academy (External organisation)
Marian Buhociu (Chair)
27 Mar 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of a Professional Body
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Minimum Pricing for Alcohol - Switching Study Dissemination Event
Katy Holloway (Speaker), Tom May (Speaker) & Marian Buhociu (Speaker)
6 Dec 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Thesis
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‘I quit heroin for meow’: A qualitative study of the use of new psychoactive substances among problem drug users in South Wales
Author: Buhociu, M., Jun 2018Supervisor: Holloway, K. (Supervisor) & Brookman, F. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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