Roger lewis, one of the best-known, respected and loved figures in the drugs field over the last three decades, has died aged 56. Druglink obituary – Roger Lewis (PDF)
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Druglink article 2013 – New York Notes: The loneliness of the addict activist by Maia Szalavitz
It’s hard to convey the sense of crisis felt by people using intravenous drugs and facing AIDS in the early ‘90s: in New York, at least half of needle users were already infected – at least 100,000 people – and there was no treatment, let alone…
Druglink article 2013 – Alive and kicking in doors by Geoff Monaghan
Geoff Monaghan challenges the view that drug law enforcement is dead in the water. I was interested to read Matthew Bacon’s thought-provoking article Endangered species (Druglink January/February 2013) concerning the “decline in the number of drug squads and the deprioritisation of drug law enforcement” in Britain. The…
Druglink article 2013 – People power by Mark Gilman
Mark Gilman argues that being part of a social network should not be regarded an optional extra for the recovering addict. It could be a matter of life and death. People power (PDF) Additional keywords: social relationships / recovery communities
Druglink article 2013 – The evidence debate by Tim Leighton and Ed Day
The Cochrane Collaboration, now twenty years old, conducts systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of health-care interventions. But how relevant is the RCT to the addictions field? RCT is on trial here with Tim Leighton and Ed Day. The evidence debate (PDF) Additional…
Druglink interview 2013 – Professor John Strang by Harry Shapiro
A series of three recent papers in The Lancet summarised the findings of a six year project published as ‘Drug Policy and the Public Good’ published in 2010. John Strang was part of that project and here we discuss the general process of gathering and reviewing…
Druglink article 2013 – White riot by Max Daly
When Millwall fans started punching anyone in sight at an FA Cup game being shown live on TV, it reignited memories of the hooligan blighted days of yesteryear. Max Daly on how the rise of cocaine is fuelling a new breed of football…
Druglink article 2013 – The Work-work balance by Paul Anders
Since its introduction in mid-2011, the Department for Work and Pensions flagship Work Programme (WP) has come in for widespread criticism. Paul Anders looks at the WP in detail, and considers its relevance for the drug and alcohol sector. The work-work balance (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Ganja games by Max Daly
Press claims that the ‘Lambeth experiment’ on cannabis resulted in soaring rates of hospital admissions for Class A drugs were wafer-thin on evidence. In April, two national newspapers declared that research proved a softer approach to policing cannabis under Labour in the 2000s ramped up…
Druglink news item 2013 – Blood sample by Max Daly
There are too many barriers to treatment for marginalized people with hepatitis C. But a new report outlines some key measures to ensure London’s burgeoning HCV population receive the best help possible. Blood sample (PDF)