Families are a key element in reducing the harm caused to individuals and communities by drug use. But, say Katie Burrell and Henry French, relatives who want to help those closest to them lack support Families on the frontline (PDF)
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Druglink article 2005 – Rough justice by Daren Garratt
Inmates sharing syringes have made prisons a high-risk environment for HIV and other blood-borne viruses. So why, asks Daren Garratt, are the interests of harm reduction so poorly served in our jails. Rough justice (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Flushing out the truth about drugs by Mike Linnell
Over the past two decades Lifeline’s publications have caused hilarity and outrage in equal measure. Director of Communications Mike Linnell on the moral dilemmas of getting harm reduction messages across to drug users. Flushing out the truth about drugs (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Injecting new life into harm reduction by Russell Newcombe
Britain’s success in containing the spread HIV since the 1980s is one of its greatest public health achievements. But since then, says Russell Newcombe, our record on harm reduction has been feeble. Injecting new life into harm reduction (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – K is for ketamine by Mark White
The Home Office will make the increasingly popular drug ketamine illegal before the end of the year. Mark White on an anaesthetic which – via the battlefields, the gay clubbing scene and Indian pharmacies – has risen to prominence as…
Druglink article 2005 – Trading places by Max Daly
Ketamine on the rise, ecstasy for 50p and ‘two in one’ bags of heroin and crack: Max Daly takes a look at the results of the year’s UK wide drug prices survey Trading places (PDF) DrugScope street drugs survey 2005
Druglink factsheet 2005 – Skunk
What is it? How strong is it? Factsheet – Skunk (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Picking up the pieces by Sam Hart
There has been a steep rise in the number of young people getting treatment for heroin and crack problems. But, as Sam Hart discovers, it’s because services have re-shaped themselves to deal with vulnerable children. Picking up the pieces (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Class A parents by Diane Taylor
Around a quarter of a million children in the UK are affected by their parents’ drug use. But are drug-using parents bad parents? Diane Taylor on a new piece of research that highlights how the right kind of support can…
Druglink article 2005 – Gunning for the future by Harry Shapiro
Arsenal Football Club are one of the biggest names in world football. As the club celebrates 20 years work in the community, Freddie Hudson, Arsenal’s Senior Sports Development Officer, tells Harry Shapiro, how the club is diverting young people away…