The purchaser-provider split is meant to open the health market to independent (private and voluntary) but this movement is hampered by confusion between health and social care costs and by ‘steady state’ policies which favour NHS units. Fixed payment contracts…
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Druglink article 1992 – Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems
Increasing numbers of young people are contacting drug agencies worried about the effects and long term consequences of taking ecstasy. Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems (PDF)
Druglinks from 1992
January / February 7(1) (PDF) March / April 7(2) (PDF) May / June 7(3) (PDF) July / August 7(4) (PDF) September / October 7(5) (PDF) November / December 7(6) (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Beyond opiates… and into the 90s by Mark Gilman
The Lifeline Project in Manchester identified a new group of potential clients among young people attending rave dance venues using a range of drugs including ecstasy, LSD and amphetamine. A cartoon leaflet series was tailor made to attract this group.…
Druglink article 1991 – Abby, the ecstasy dealer by Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji and Nigel South
Research involving interviewing drug traffickers and police was used to construct a rough typology of UK trafficking firms as a means of organising the research data. ‘Abby’ – a former ecstasy dealer – fits into the ‘Trading Charities’ type. Not…
Druglink article 1991 – Into the Pleasuredome… by Andrew Fraser, Laura Gamble and Peter Kennett
The ‘Pleasuredome’ is Brighton’s central entertainment area with young people’s clubs, pubs and music venues. An open drug market developed involving cannabis, LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines. Use of these drugs became part of the area’s youth leisure culture and casualties…
Druglink article 1991 – “Everything starts with an ‘E'” with Peanut Pete
An introduction to ecstasy use by young people in Britain “Everything starts with an ‘E’” (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Going to court by Jane Goodsir
This article deals with the procedure after the police find what they believe is evidence of a drugs offence, charge the subject and the case goes to court. Going to court (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Drug and alcohol users: common needs, common services by Peter Abel, Andrew McBride
Last year a Welsh Office circular encouraged integration of services for drug and alcohol users. There are fears this could be a cost-cutting exercise and that drug users’ needs will be overwhelmed by the influx of alcohol-using clients. But clients…
Druglink article 1991 – Could do better – an evaluation of drug education by Niall Coggins, David Shewan, Marion Henderson and John B. Davies
A government-funded evaluation of drug education in Scotland surveyed a quarter of mainstream secondary schools and nearly 1200 pupils. Packs aiming to improve decision-making skills were the dominant form of drug education. The study found drug education had no effect…