In 2015 Druglink changed format to become a website. Below are the articles published before DrugScope closed in March 2015: Further down a stony road: reporting on the 2014 Street Drugs Trend Survey; Love me tender: the state of the…
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Druglink article 1987 – A cocaine explosion by Colin Hewitt
In January cocaine worth £6 million was seized in Essex and politicians renewed warnings that surplus South American cocaine was set to cause a ‘cocaine explosion’ in Britain. But the UK’s top police drugs investigator believes our defences can withstand…
Druglink article 2010 – Drug gangs boost cocaine purity to compete with internet highs by Max Daly
Drug gangs are stepping up the purity of cocaine in response to competition from the new generation of stimulants such as mephedrone, according to Britain’s organised crime agency. Analysis of police seizures between April last year and June this year reveals the average purity of powder…
Druglink special edition 2010 – Cocaine dossier
In this special dossier, we bring together some of our key investigations and feature stories on cocaine, including the first reporting of a two-tier market in the drug and the spread of its use to blue collar workers. Our dossier…
Druglink article 1996 – The better-travelled treatment tourist: service overlap among heroin and cocaine users by John Strang, Michael Gossop, Beverly Powis and Paul Griffiths
In the last decade, there has been an unprecedented growth in the number and diversity of drug services. Needle / syringe exchanges and street agencies now provide services alongside the more traditional drug clinics. Interviews with community samples of 408…
Druglink article 1994 – The typical cocaine user by Jason Ditton and Richard Hammersley
Samples of cocaine users are usually recruited through treatment agencies. This gives a biased view of use patterns as typically escalating and problematic. Studies of cocaine users in the community as a whole show this is true only for a…
Druglink news item 2009 – Dealers rely on cutting agents as cocaine purity hits all time low by Max Daly
The purity of cocaine powder has dropped to its lowest level since records began 25 years ago… Dealers rely on cutting agents as cocaine purity hits all time (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – Blurred images: young users’ perceptions of cocaine by Annabel Boys, Julie Dobson and John Marsden
Cocaine has an image problem. The government deems it as hazardous as heroin but increasingly young people consider it a desirable leisure drug. Blurred images: young users’ perceptions of cocaine (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Cocaine as currency by Max Daly
After gaining rare access to the FARC-controlled jungles of Southern Colombia, Chilean photojournalist Carlos Villalon discovered a world where groceries, the catch of the day and even sexual health checks are paid for with cocaine. He spoke to Max Daly…
Druglink article 1999 – Reading between the lines: Is cocaine becoming the stimulant of choice for urban youth? by Annabel Boys, John Marsden and Paul Griffiths
Recent concerns about hard drug use among young people have focussed on whether the UK is experiencing a new heroin epidemic with particular concern that the heroin user is younger than ever. While exploring this contention in a London context,…