Cocaine has an image problem. The government deems it as hazardous as heroin but increasingly young people consider it a desirable leisure drug. Blurred images: young users’ perceptions of cocaine (PDF)
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Druglink interview from 2001 with Paul Hayes
After a lifetime spent in the London Probation Service, Paul Hayes is the Chief Executive of the National Treatment Agency. What can the drug field expect? Interview from 2001 with Paul Hayes (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Princely patient provision: methadone programme evaluation by Dr Colin Brewer
From time to time all doctors ought to consider whether treatment of a particular patient is as good as it could be. Princely patient provision: methadone programme evaluation (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Anaesthetic addiction: Ketamine part 2 by Dr Karl Jansen
This article looks at addiction to Ketamine Anaesthetic addiction: Ketamine part 2 (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Crossing the gap: Identifying clients of dual diagnosis by Jim Barnard
Examination of gaps in dual diagnosis treatment uncovered an unforeseen problem – mental health services and drug teams are most concerned about different drugs of abuse. Crossing the gap: Identifying clients of dual diagnosis (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Service capacity crescendo: evolution is extinction by Peter Mason and Hal Williams
As with innovation, service expansion needs to be a deliberate policy to be successful. Service capacity crescendo: evolution is extinction (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – After the fall: the rise of HIV in Russia by Colin Wisely
HIV quickly gained epidemic proportions in Russia after the fall of communism, but until recently harm reduction has involved comprehensive monitoring and not much else. After the fall: the rise of HIV in Russia (PDF)
Druglink news item 2000 – Wintercomfort: the price of trust by Harry Shapiro
The case of Ruth Wyner and John Brock has sent waves of anger and anxiety rippling through the social care world. The press have roundly condemned both the conviction and the sentence. Harry Shapiro looks at the case and some…
Druglink article 2008 – The reaction by Neil McKeganey, Dr David Best and Paul Hayes
Over the next six pages, three key figures from the drug treatment field provide comprehensive responses to Mike Ashton’s explosive article, The New Abstentionists. The reaction (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – In the belly of the dragon by Steve Sampson
As Bejing gears up to host this summer’s Olympics, the authorities are keen to maintain China’s uncompromising image around illicit drug use. But, as Steven Sampson reveals, the city’s streets, bars and nightclubs are home to a remarkably open, vibrant…