Photos and words from the government’s £5 million anti-AIDS media campaign. Most ads appeared in youth specific media. Don’t inject AIDS (PDF)
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Druglink article from 1987 – I’ve been there and look at me now by Joan Jerome
At TRANX they’ve found ex-users can help others overcome benzodiazepine dependence where the professionals have failed. Identification and example are the keys, explains Joan Jerome I’ve been there and look at me now (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – ‘Overwhelmed’ needle exchange schemes close down
Pilot needle exchange schemes north of the border have run into serious problems. The three Dundee schemes have all closed while Glasgow’s scheme has been picketed by local residents. ‘Overwhelmed’ needle exchange schemes close down (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – Temazepam creates new ‘barb-freaks’
Concern is rising over the use of the benzodiazepine sleeping pill Temazepam. Temazepam creates new ‘barb-freaks’ (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – Gloves off in anti-injecting campaign
Advertising agency TBWA achieve a triple entendre in this deliberately risque youth press ad, part of the new government commissioned joint anti-injecting anti-drug campaign. TBWA managing director Sammy Harari explained that market research showed if an ad is a bit…
Druglink article 1987 – Aids and drug workers by Paul Hendry
Facing death and talking in graphic detail about sexuality and sexual practices is hard for most of us – but that’s just what AIDS is forcing drug workers to do. Should they – can they – meet the challenge? Aids…
Druglink article 1987 – Stabilise not criminalise by Ann Dally
Twice rebuked by her own profession’s disciplinary committee, Dr Ann Dally still forcefully argues the case for stabilisation treatment for long-term opiate addicts. Stabilise not criminalise (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Treatment trends, the statistics tell the story by Mike Ashton
Addiction notification statistics can be used to answer important questions about addiction. Treatment trends, the statistics tell the story (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Maintenance or abstinence by Jackie Chang
Countering AIDS and curing addiction are different aims requiring radically different strategies. Half-hearted merger could doom both to failure. Maintenance or abstinence (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Benzodiazepine prescribing: the aftermath by John Cooper
The decline of benzodiazepines may just be clearing the way for a new generation of anxiety-beating, dependence producing drugs. John Cooper reminds us of the legacy of the benzodiazepines – hundreds of thousands dependent, with the demand for help far…