The Home Office has booted the idea of providing facilities for injecting drug users firmly into touch. But have the government scored an own goal? Injecting rooms rejected (PDF) Additional keywords: drug consumption rooms
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Druglink article 2006 – Commercial breakdown by Mike Ashton
The biggest ever US government drive to turn away from drugs featured an arsenal of high profile adverts across the American media. But, as Mike Ashton reveals, the campaign could have backfired. Commercial breakdown (PDF)
Druglink article 2006 – Fiends on screen by David Griffin
From the Man with the golden arm to Trainspotting, drugs have always created celluloid controversy. David Griffin whisks us through a century of drug users in the movies. Fiends on screen (PDF) Additional keywords: films
Druglink article 2006 – Junky journals: writing through the wringer by Peter McDermott
The appearance of an addiction memoir at the top of the US bestseller list reflects the growing popularity of ‘my drug hell’ books. Junky journals: writing through the wringer (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2006 – Cannabis and kids
Cannabis and young people: what practitioners can do… Factsheet – Cannabis and kids (PDF)
Druglink article 2006 – The trouble with tough love by Maia Szalavitz
Every year in America, thousands of teenagers are enrolled on ‘tough love’ regimes to stamp out drug use and other criminal behaviour. But, as Maia Szalavitz reveals, there is little evidence to back up a boot camp mentality which cannot…
Druglink article 2006 – Reefer blockers by Max Daly
As fears over cannabis psychosis grow, little attention is paid to why teenagers develop problems with the drug in the first place. Max Daly on how thousands of young people are smoking themselves numb in order to cope with unhappy…
Druglink article 2006 – Rapid detox under fire by Sam Hart
With its use of a short, sharp bombardment of drugs on patients, rapid opiate detoxification – which sparked fierce debate when it was used to treat three opiate users for a reality TV show – is the heavy artillery of…
Druglink article 2006 – Crack’s in the granite by Max Daly
Police and drug workers in Aberdeen are facing an uphill struggle to deal with a rising crack problem. Max Daly on why the Granite City has become Scotland’s crack capital and how the drug has left treatment services struggling to…
Druglink factsheet 2006 – Dealing with the media
Information on writing a news release and conducting media interviews Dealing with the media (PDF)