A survey of non-residential services in the Merseyside area, into the way race and gender influence drug treatment, shows some worrying trends Race, women and treatment: alternatives to custody (PDF)
Author Archive for admin
Druglink article 2000 – Practical considerations: Making women’s services available by Jane Painter, Dee Riley-Buckley and Dean Whittington
Do women need targeted drug services? How do services operate to get in touch with this difficult client group? Orexis in London and the Brighton Oasis Project have resolved some of the practical problems. Practical considerations: Making women’s services available…
Druglink article 2000 – Mad for it, ecstatic women by Sharron Hinchliff
Do women use drugs in the same way as men? Are they concerned about the health risks and possible loss of respect? Mad for it, ecstatic women (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Feeling good, doing fine by Kim Clarke and Juliet Formby
A study of a pregnancy liaison clinic discovered an accessible, effective service, and revealed that other professionals involved in caring for pregnant drug users may need further training. Feeling good, doing fine (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Grassing up: all the dope by Terry Thomas
The question of when drug workers should pass information to the police, and when they should not, has been brought into stark relief by the ‘Winter comfort’ case Grassing up: all the dope (PDF)
Druglink supplement 2000 – ACMD Prevention working group: Reducing drug-related deaths
This summary highlights the key themes, findings and recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug’s report on reducing the rising tide of drug related deaths. ACMD Prevention working group: Reducing drug-related deaths (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Captive courses: inside intervention by James Hodgkinson
Research from The Mount prison indicates that group programmes for inmates help with issues of abstinence, harm reduction and other effect of drug use. Captive courses: inside intervention (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2000 – Patient prisoners: care in custody by Jayne McKeown
Health care at Buckley Hall has been used by the chief Inspector of Prisons as an example of good practice, understanding and openness, particularly in the field of hepatitis C treatment. Patient prisoners: care in custody (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Hard Labour: Blair warfare by Gerry Stimson
New Labour’s law, order and cpntrol agenda is cutting a swathe through public sector working practices. the drugs field is not immune Hard Labour: Blair warfare (PDF) Additional keywords: compulsory treatment