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Druglink factsheet 1994 – What’s in a drug?
A note on terminology – impurity, adulterants, diluents and excipients. Batch to batch variations. Drug content guidelines for the main drugs. How can you tell what a drug is? What’s in a drug? (PDF)
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 article 1994 – Re-inventing the (square) wheel by Ross Coomber
Athlete or not, sport needs your help to get real about drugs Re-inventing the (square) wheel (PDF)
Druglinks from 1995
January / February 10(1) (PDF) March / April 10(2) (PDF) May / June 10(3) (PDF) July / August 10(4) (PDF) September / October 10(5) (PDF) November / December 10(6) (PDF)
UNGASS 2016 – The consensus holds, but only under protest
From time to time, we will be featuring guest blogs. Our first one is from Dr Axel Klein from Kent University and Editor of Drugs and Alcohol Today. Consensus on Outcome Documents and centrality of drug convention is reached, but…
Druglink article 1994 – The crack report by Harry Shapiro
Enforcement statistics suggest a steep rise in crack use in recent years but not to epidemic levels. Crack is commonly used in some inner city areas, generally on an irregular and non-dependent basis. The connection with black people is stronger…
Druglink article 1994 – The power of persuasion by Mike Ashton
Unpaid, perhaps anachronistic, but over the last 15 years, highly effective, since its inception in 1972 the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) has become the single most influential body in British drug policy and practice – all…
Druglink factsheet 1994 – Khat (Qat, Chat)
What is Khat? How is it used? What are the effects? Druglink factsheet 1994 – Khat (Qat, Chat) (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – The two sides of fear by Arnold Cragg
In researching government anti-drug campaigns, interviews with parents and young people suggested that fear of drugs has deterred many young people from experimenting. However, fearful parents feel the only safe line is absolute rejection so are not receptive to information…