In this last of three reports the Monitoring Research Group fills in the bottom line of its study of the Government’s 15 pilot needle exchange schemes. This issue is whether the scheme’s clients reduced their risk of HIV infection by…
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Druglink article 1989 – Skills or issues? The nature of drug training by Dave MacDonald
Is it drug training workers need – or drug education? Decide for yourself what learning about drugs should really be about. Skills or issues? The nature of drug training (PDF)
Druglink article 1989 – Cost-effectiveness is not a dirty word by James Les Kay
A ‘very modest proposal’ says the author. Others may see it as an unholy descent from saving lives to saving money. Welfare benefit gained per £ spent is the issue. Outreach work is the example. Cost-effectiveness is not a dirty word…
Druglink article 1989 – New drug ads focus on sharing
Ad agency Yellowhammer’s graphic approach is deprecated by health educators but backed by government ministers New drug ads focus on sharing (PDF)
Druglinks from 1989
January/February 4(1) (PDF) March/April 4(2) (PDF) May/June 4(3) (PDF) July/August 4(4) (PDF) September/October 4(5) (PDF) November/December 4(6) (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – A problem of cooperation by Tim Rathbone
A leading backbench spokesman on drug policy says cooperation – between drug agencies and between agencies and government is the key to tackling drug problems. A problem of cooperation (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Going for the money by Jane Goodsir
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act in practice. As the first cases under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act come to court, it’s becoming clear that a wide circle of the defendant’s contacts may be affected. Going for the money (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Serious fun by Russell Newcombe
Drug education through popular culture. Good jokes circulate like wildfire, comics are passed around, pop songs chorused on the way to school. Can young people learn as they laugh? Serious fun (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Relief at £3 million to fight AIDS…
but Scotland given just £300,000 Relief at £3 million to fight AIDS (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Hogg set to ban steroids
Against the advice of the ACMD it now appears certain that the government will control steroids under the Misuse of Drugs Act as soon as the details can be worked out… Hogg set to ban steroids (PDF)