Social and economic changes have increased drug use in Sahel, Africa, causing health and crime problems but there may be lessons for everyone involved in drug work. Stirred and shaken: rank, ritual and reputation (PDF)
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Druglink article 2001 – An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition by Danny Kushlick
The government boasts of evidence-based policy making, yet there seems to be little evidence available to support the current policy of prohibiting drugs An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – The A team or mission impossible? by Sherife Hasan
There is a fundamental misconception of what a Drug Action Team (DAT) actually is and what it is capable of achieving The A team or mission impossible? (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – Easy targets: hard drugs by Joan Smith
The USA has a history of problematic drug use back to the 19th century. Punishing users has failed so the US is now exporting castigation to producers. South America is becoming the whipping boy of drug-ravaged USA Easy targets: hard…
Druglink article 2001 – Concrete counselling: ignoring outcomes by Phil Harris
If counsellors keep to the methods of their favoured ideology they may be ignoring the results. Poor outcomes are not always the client’s fault. Concrete counselling: ignoring outcomes (PDF)
Druglink letter 2001 – Alternatives to licensing doctors
Recent proposals to license doctors who treat drug users with controlled drugs other than oral methadone mixture, will deter doctors from working in this area. THis was excatle why a similar licensing proposal was rejected in 1984. Alternatives to licensing…
Druglink/DrugWatch factsheet 2013 – Mephedrone
Mephedrone is the most widely used of a range of synthetic cathinones that have similar stimulant and entactogenic (‘loved up’) effects to ecstasy. Its effects, particularly when injected, have been compared to cocaine. It is pharmacologically related to cathinone – an alkaloid found in the ‘khat’ plant (Catha…
Druglink article 2013 – Wrap around service by Lauren Johnston
Circle of Care (CC) originally developed as a recommendation from Melting the Iceberg of Scotland’s Drug and Alcohol Problem: Report of the Independent Enquiry (2010). A CC can be described as a group of people who meet together to support the individual achieve what they aspire to…
Druglink article 2013 – Mother’s milk by Rebecca Lees
High profile media stories highlight the potentially fatal consequences of children drinking methadone. What can be done to help prevent such tragedies? Mother’s milk (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – The alcohol debate by Emily Robinson and Mike Baird
We hear a lot these days about our growing problem with alcohol. But is the problem really getting worse – and if it is – what should we do about it? Not surprisingly Emily Robinson, Director of Campaigns and Fundraising at Alcohol Concern…