Dr Martha Newson was interviewed on BBC’s Radio 5 Live about the use of cocaine in football and whether this fuels violence.<\/p>\n
Future Leaders Fellow at the School of Anthropology and Conservation Dr Martha Newson<\/a> was interviewed<\/a> on BBC’s Radio 5 Live about the prevalence of cocaine use amongst football supporters.<\/p>\n No longer just accessible to the wealthy as was previously the case, cocaine is cheaper and more widely available now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Newson’s paper published last year<\/span>\u00a0sampled around <\/span>1500 British football fans and asked them <\/span>about their personal cocaine use and also their experience of others consuming cocaine in football stadiums. Of fans willing to complete the online survey,<\/span> 1% reported personal cocaine use, with <\/span>30% reporting seeing others use it.<\/span><\/p>\n She continued to comment on the social acceptance of cocaine use, with many now subtly taking it within the stadium stands. <\/span><\/p>\n In a chicken and egg debate, Newson discusses a violent and disruptive culture being reared in football and how how “we can’t say cocaine is causing <\/span>violence, that it’s leading to violence because people are <\/span>drinking alcohol as well”<\/span><\/p>\n