The Home Office is drawing up plans to increase the number of police officers who will be tested for drugs. Max Daly reports on the impact of drugs within the ranks. Passing out parade (PDF)
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Druglink obituary 2004 – Tom Waller
Obituary of Tom Waller, GP, author and ACMD advisor Tom Waller (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Relatively speaking by Elliot Elam
One of the Britain’s largest drug agencies has trained its workforce to look into the delicate matter of drug users’ families. Only by looking past the label and focusing squarely on the individual can drug treatment workers understand a person’s concerns, their predicament and the issues…
Druglink article 2011 – The Knowledge by William Butler
The Substance Misuse Skills Consortium is a sector led initiative tasked with delivering ‘an inspirational, recovery-orientated workforce’. The Consortium’s chair, William Butler, describes how it came about and why it is vital that treatment providers now step up and demonstrate their support for its…
Druglink article 2011 – The whole nine yards by Leon Wylie
A good drug worker is not necessarily someone who has used lots of drugs, has great charm or is extremely efficient. They are someone best equipped to help people off drugs. The substance use treatment sector is in flux. Political and policy changes and…
Druglink article 2011 – Up to speed by Dr Linda Harris
What is the role of doctors within the government drug strategy? Dr Linda Harris on two new projects set to change doctors’ approach to drug and alcohol use. Up to speed (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Not so secret services by Esther Sample
Drug workers have to walk a fine line over what they can tell the authorities and even family members about clients. But now they are under increasing pressure to share confidential information with the external agencies. Esther Sample reports. Not so secret services (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Agents of change by Carole Sharma
Little can be achieved in improving the way drug workers do their job without the help of their managers, says Carole Sharma. Agents of change (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Culture shift by Joy Barlow
Joy Barlow on the impact of the recovery agenda on workforce development. The drug policy landscape and its focus on recovery, enshrined initially in the Scottish drug strategy in 2008 and then the UK strategy in 2010, required a sizeable shift in workforce development. For…
Druglink article 2011 – Alphabet soup by Harry Shapiro
Identifying the array of chemicals now being sold over the internet as recreational drugs is a daunting task. But how much of a risk do these substances actually pose? In its report in February, the International Narcotic Control Board (INCB) declared that designer drug production…