Drug advisory committees were established 1985 to coordinate local drug services, but without some of the elements originally recommended by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In practice the committees work well as information-sharing forums but frequently fail…
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Druglink article 1991 – The syringe sharers by Hilary Klee
The ‘inconvenience factor’ involved in attending syringe exchanges or pharmacies means there is a continuing demand for used injecting equipment. Needle exchange attenders may be at the receiving end of this demand. Research in the North West shows that regular exchange…
Druglink article 1991 – The other virus: hepatitis explained by John Strang and Michael Farrell
Hepatitis is an infection and inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis B is the most important strain in drug users. About 1 in 20 of those infected develop chronic disease with a high risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis B…
Druglink article 1991 – Drug politics in Liverpool: a personal account by Allan Parry
Part one of this two part account described how in the early 80s the Militant-dominated Liverpool City Council adopted a populist ‘war on drugs’ stance to gain support for its confrontation with the Conservative government. Until then seen by his…
Druglink article 1991 – Detention and questioning by Jane Goodsir
Guidelines for drug users and drug workers. Detention and questioning (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Supply and demand: lessons from Poland by Peggy Watson
The recent history of opiate use in Poland provides a ‘natural experiment’ which can help disentangle the relative contributions made by supply and demand forces to levels of drug use. In Poland demand first developed in the absence of supply…
Druglink article 1991 – Falling through the middle by Mainliners Ltd
Can HIV or drug agencies meet the needs of those at the sharp end of both problems – HIV positive drug users Falling through the middle (PDF) Additional keywords: stigma
Druglink article 1991 – Out on your own:making solo outreach work by Keith Bolton and Sue Selleck
An account is given of the tactics used to increase the effectiveness of drugs outreach work in an area with only a single employed outreach worker. Although reassuring for the worker, too close an association with office-based services was counter-productive and…
Druglink article 1991 – No time before I die by Andria Efthimiou
Dying from AIDS, a prescription for smokable heroin could have allowed an addict mother to devote her last months to her daughter. No time before I die (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Beyond ‘the black worker’ by Ross Coomber
Quick fix solutions to make services attractive to ethnic minorities ignore the diversity of the non-white Beyond ‘the black worker’ (PDF) Additional keywords: ethic minorities