Voluntary sector have come a long way from the days of enthusiastic amateurs dispensing tea and talk. Peter Martin maps out the long and winding road to the land of professionalism, performance and partnership The professionals: the journey from DIY…
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Druglink article 2004 – From cauliflower cheese to methadone by Mark Gilman
Treating problem drug users has become a multi-million pound, red-tape laden industry. This was not always so. Mark Gilman explains how treatment services have been forced to adapt to cope with dramatic changes in the causes and characteristics of drug…
Druglink article 2004 – More, better and fairer: the state of the notion by Sara McGrail
In a hard-hitting analysis, Sara McGrail, former Assistant Director of Programme Implementation at the NTA, explores the extent to which the NTA’s mission statement delivers to the treatment and crime aims of the National Drugs Strategy and makes the case…
Druglink article 2004 – Echoes from the street by Max Daly
The 1970s era of female dealers, DIY harm reduction and the baton-wielding Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a very different one to the pizza-style deliveries, labyrinthine drug services and violence of 21st century drug culture. Max Daly talks to Rick…
Druglink article 2004 – The ticket that exploded by Marcus Roberts
Taking drugs in the 1960s and 1970s was supposed to be about opening doors of perception. But, says Marcus Roberts, this was always a delusion, and when the doors didn’t open, recreational drug use became just another aspect of the…
Druglink article 2004 – 2034: a spaced odyssey by Max Daly
A menu of drug buzzes at the touch of a button, heroin highs without lows and MDMA for the terminally ill. Max Daly asks three drugs and science experts (Gerry Stimson, Tony Dickenson and Rick Doblin) to think outside the box…
Druglink article 2004 – Up up and away by Dominic Streatfeild, Viv Craske, Tim Bottomley and Russell Newcombe
History of stimulants: Do the white thing Powder cocaine is fast rivalling cannabis as the socially acceptable drug of choice. Crack, its rock-form offspring, is giving heroin a run for its money as the socially unacceptable drug of choice. Waves…
Druglink article 2004 – Creation of an opium giant by Jason Burke
In 15 years, Afghanistan has become a global poppy farm, producing three quarters of the world’s opium. Jason Burke, chief reporter of the Observer, on a country that has become synonymous with the illegal heroin market Creation of an opium…
Druglink article 2004 – Operation Julie: the day acid reigned by Harry Shapiro
Two major LSD factories were operating in the UK supplying a worldwide market under the noses of the police, until a DI from Thames Valley drug squad became curious. What happened next helped revolutionised the policing of drugs. Operation Julie:…
Druglink article 2004 – Haunted house by Mike Trace
The thorny issue of drug policy has a history of causing fear and panic among government ministers. So have things changed? Mike Trace, former deputy drug czar, with the inside story on how politicians are slowly learning to make sense…