The car flags have been removed, the vuvuzelas are silent. The 2010 World Cup party is over and South Africa has returned to daily reality. And, reports John-Peter Kools, it’s a reality of poverty, HIV, ‘tic’ and heroin in the deprived zones of…
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Druglink article 2010 – Testing the waters by Emma Ward, Esther Sample and Marcus Roberts
DrugScope conducted a survey of its membership and other key stakeholders in September 2010 to inform our response to the drug strategy consultation. High numbers turned out at short notice at events in London, Birmingham and Newcastle to voice their opinions, demonstrating the commitment and passion that exists within…
Druglink article 2010 – Let’s get physical by Joanne Neale, Sarah Nettleton and Lucy Pickering
Support for heroin users should include their basic physical needs. Moreover, say Joanne Neale, Sarah Nettleton and Lucy Pickering, caring for one’s body and good progress in recovery appear to be mutually reinforcing. Let’s get physical (PDF)
Druglink article 2010 – Collateral damage by Sam Hart
Britain’s youth service, established half a century ago, is steeling itself for some heavy cuts from the coalition government. And this is bad news for young people facing drug problems. Sam Hart reports. Youth work is in crisis. Heads of youth services and charities…
Druglink article 2010 – Coalition conundrum by Martin Barnes
As we await the new drug strategy, opinion is split on how the spending cuts, funding, the coalition government and its ‘Big Society’ will make their mark on future policy. Martin Barnes picks through the evidence Coalition conundrum (PDF)
Druglink article 2010 – Needle syndrome by Alex Stevens
There is a direct link between the level of welfare provided by a country and its injecting drug user population – and the government would do well to heed this, says Alex Stevens. The recent consultation on drug strategy stressed the government’s ambition…
Druglink article 2010 – Drug gangs boost cocaine purity to compete with internet highs by Max Daly
Drug gangs are stepping up the purity of cocaine in response to competition from the new generation of stimulants such as mephedrone, according to Britain’s organised crime agency. Analysis of police seizures between April last year and June this year reveals the average purity of powder…
Druglink factsheet 2010 – Naphyrone
What is it? legal status, prevalence, effects and risks Factsheet 2010 – Naphyrone (PDF)
Druglink article 2010 – Dream-dust from Mars by Marcus Roberts
Psychoactive substances have a long history in science fiction. Marcus Roberts takes us on a journey through space and time to sample the likes of marak, LSD-Gas, the pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, Nuke, soma and Can-D. A husband and wife are lighthouse keepers on a…
Druglink article 2010 – You getting personal? by Sara McGrail
In the current climate of political austerity, the personalisation agenda needs to be handled with care. You’d have to have been living as a hermit on South Uist or paddling up the Amazon in a coracle to have missed the fact that personalisation has…