‘Tweaking, bombing, dabbing and stockpiling: the emergence of mephedrone and the perversity of prohibition’, Drugs and Alcohol Today, (2010) 10 (1): 14-21, won the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction ‘Scientific Paper Award’ 2011, judged on scientific significance, EU policy relevance, originality and creativity, and clarity and quality of writing. ‘Mephedrone, ‘Bubble’ and Unidentified White Powders: The contested identities of synthetic ‘legal highs’ ’, Drugs and Alcohol Today, (2011) 11 (3): 137-147, won the Emerald Literati Network 2012 Awards for Excellence ‘Outstanding Paper Award Winner’ for best paper of 2011 published in the journal Drugs and Alcohol Today.