Part 3 of a personal history of the Lifeline Project in Manchester A smack in the eye (PDF)
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Druglink article 1993 – Too hot to handle by Ian Clements
Since the 1980’s recreational drug use among young people has increased in extent and in the variety of drugs used, creating a potentially large new consumer group for drug services. Drug and medical services shy away from getting involved with…
Druglink article 1993 – Hepatitis C: time to wake up by Tom Waller and Roger Holmes
As many as half the drug injectors in Britain may be infected with hepatitis C, a virus which can lead to cirrhosis and fatal liver cancer. Treatment is successful in only a minority of cases. As with HIV, the body’s…
Druglink article 1993 – In defence of ecstasy by Nicholas Saunders
After personal experience of MDMA with lasting positive effects the author studied the scientific literature and concluded that evidence of brain damage was unreliable. Estimates of the death rate per use episode in Britain suggest ecstasy use is a relatively…
Druglink article 1993 – Outreach on the front line by Lyn Matthews
Crack was first reported in Liverpool in 1987. By mid 1998 crack use was prevalent among the city’s prostitutes. An outreach worker describes how by the end of 1988 there was concern that the women accepted higher risk sex to…
Druglink article 1993 – Second class citizens by Russell Newcombe
Being recorded by a doctor as a drug user, convicted of a drug offence, or known to use drugs illegally, can have repercussions on a drug user’s eligibility for a variety of jobs; licence to drive; custody of children; tenancy in…
Druglink article 1993 – Escape from the therapy trap, part 2 by Rowdy Yeates
Part 2 of a personal history of the Lifeline Project in Manchester Escape from the therapy trap, part 2 (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 1993 – Hepatitis
What is hepatitis? How common is it? How do you catch it? What are the effects? What should I do if infected? and more… Druglink factsheet 1: Hepatitis (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Ethnic minorities’ use of drug services by Trish Daniel
Reports to some of the regional databases are challenging the view that few ethnic minority drug users are attending drug services. Ethnic minorities’ use of drug services (PDF) Additional keywords: race
Druglink article 1993 – Working with HIV illness by Patrick Coyne and Gul Dhanani
A London drug dependency unit where a fifth of the clients were known to be HIV positive emphasises that these clients should have access to the full range of treatment opportunities available to other clients. Experience is that among clients…