Adapting drug services to accommodate the different needs of drug users from ethnic groups is vital in reducing social exclusion. Jeff Fernandez explains how family expectations changed the way one project treated heroin users from Bengali backgrounds. A family affair…
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Druglink article 2004 – Mothers’ little helpers by Sam Hart
Housewives are turning to cocaine and Prozac as a way of getting through the day. But, says Sam Hart, although the drugs may have changed, women have been using legal and illegal substances as a daytime pick-me-up for centuries. Mothers’…
Druglink article 2004 – Pushing the panic button by Harry Shapiro
Tina Williams, victim of an abusive marriage, was struggling to bring up three kids in a poverty-blighted town. She cleaned toilets at night and sold vegetables during the day to make ends meet. Then life got worse. Pushing the panic…
Druglink article 2004 – Shame on who? by Katie Burrell
Jackie and her family became social outcasts after her sons were outed as heroin users. Katie Burrell on how families are fighting to rid themselves of the shame heaped on them not only by friends and neighbours, but by society…
Druglink factsheet 2004 – Drugs and driving
How do drugs reduce driving ability? Driving and medicines. Drug driving and the law. Drug testing and driving. Factsheet – Drugs and driving (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2004 – Drugs and alcohol in the workplace
Briefing to assist managers of drug treatment services in developing effective drug and alcohol policies and procedures Factsheet – Drugs and alcohol in the workplace (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Emergency: breathing life into hospital drug services by David Henstock
The second class service experienced by drug users in many hospitals represents a missed opportunity to help thousands of people with drug problems. David Henstock describes how one hospital buckled the trend. Emergency: breathing life into hospital drug services (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – The 12 step model: it does what it says on the tin by Nick Barton
Going through the programme and conceptualising addiction as an illness has helped many people come off drugs. So, asks, Nick Barton, what difference does the labelling make? The 12 step model: it does what it says on the tin (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Being human: addiction as a catalyst by William Pryor
Great great grandson of Charles Darwin and one time heroin addict, William Pryor, argues that, whatever it is, addiction is not an illness and can be a catalyst in the search for what it is to be truly human. Overleaf,…
Druglink article 2004 – Long arm of the law by Jane Mackenzie
Drug users from America to Thailand are subjected to human rights abuses on a grand scale. Jane Mackenzie on the brutal treatment meted out on behalf of the global war on drugs. Long arm of the law (PDF)