In a case echoing the jailing ten years ago of homeless project managers Ruth Wyner and John Brock for ‘allowing’ dealing on their premises, two men behind Plymouth’s biggest dance club have been jailed for a total of 14 years…
Tag Archive for dance
Druglink article 2001 – Doors of opportunity: security staff at risk by Lyn Matthews
The association between music, dancing and drugs is well recorded but club door-staff may be an unregarded risk to the public and themselves. Doors of opportunity (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – K is for ketamine by Mark White
The Home Office will make the increasingly popular drug ketamine illegal before the end of the year. Mark White on an anaesthetic which – via the battlefields, the gay clubbing scene and Indian pharmacies – has risen to prominence as…
Druglink article 2005 – For tomorrow we die by Mark White
The gay club scene has a reputation as a trend-setter for new chemical highs and for heavy drug use. Mark White on how a powerful brew of sex, hedonism and liberation has combined to push the boundaries of how the…
Druglink article 2000 – Mad for it, ecstatic women by Sharron Hinchliff
Do women use drugs in the same way as men? Are they concerned about the health risks and possible loss of respect? Mad for it, ecstatic women (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Anaesthetic apocalypse – Ketamine part 1: hits and myths by Dr Karl L. R. Jansen
Growing non-medical use of ketamine is linked to dance culture and ‘alternative spirituality’. So what’s so special about special K? Anaesthetic apocalypse – Ketamine part 1: hits and myths (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Mad about Molly by Max Daly
This summer a series of deaths of young people after taking the party drug Molly shocked America’s resurgent rave scene. Mad about Molly (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Bop ’til you drop by Robert Ralphs
This article draws on one of the largest recent dance drug surveys undertaken in the UK using a sample of 2,139 clubbers in the north west. Robert Ralphs reflects on changes that have occurred on the dance scene since his initial involvement in…
Druglink article 2014 – Stress release by Rebecca Lees
The rise of problematic stimulant use within the gay drug scene is stretching already limited services for LGBT users. Rebecca Lees investigates what is driving this scene and what is being done to help those who needed help. Stress release (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – Ten and you’re out: Dance culture by Peggy Whitfield
Ever more restrictive club regulations has seen a return of unlicensed raves.. Illegal raves and free parties have been a ubiquitous part of British life since the late ‘80s. Free parties were born out of the acid house musical movement and the so-called second “summer of love”…