The government has announced it will be banning the herbal stimulant khat. But at a mafrish in east London, Max Daly discovers that the decision could have a deep-rooted impact on Britain’s Somali community. Khat ban spells trouble for Somali pubs Additional…
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Druglink news 2000 – ISDD and SCODA merge
The board of trustees at ISDD and the members at SCODA have voted in favour of an amalgamation and the new, as yet unnamed, organisation will come into existence on April 1st 2000. ISDD and SCODA merge (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Clear classification – simple service evaluation by George Christo
An evaluation tool is available that satisfies research requirements (CISS – Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services) and is easily used by busy drug workers Clear classification – simple service evaluation (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Out of Africa – In to trafficking by Axel Klein
The rise of the Nigerian global trafficking syndicates Out of Africa – In to trafficking (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Sticks and smoke: country cousins and close communities by Sheila Henderson
Illegal drug use is not just an urban pursuit, so how do responses to drug use differ according to locality? Is the same approach applicable in urban and rural areas? Sticks and smoke: country cousins and close communities (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Anaesthetic apocalypse – Ketamine part 1: hits and myths by Dr Karl L. R. Jansen
Growing non-medical use of ketamine is linked to dance culture and ‘alternative spirituality’. So what’s so special about special K? Anaesthetic apocalypse – Ketamine part 1: hits and myths (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Pills, Thrills and a Bellyache by Beth Burgess
Would a gun to the head make an alcoholic put down the bottle? Maybe. Would surgically removing an addict’s veins prevent them injecting drugs? I guess so. But do either of these things promote a healthy recovery? Absolutely not. Yet methods of cutting alcohol and drug consumption…
Druglink article 2013 – Feeling is everything by Sal Ventimiglia
The addict feels the world, bits at a time. The addict’s cognition, his or her executive functions such as reason, planning and choice, are subordinate to the emotional act of using drugs, and its consequences. The addict is moved by emotion, and feels his or her way…
Druglink article 2013 – Artificial paradise by Mike Power
This year New Zealand introduced radical new drug laws in an attempt to deal with the confusion over legal highs. Mike Power on a brave experiment that hopes to marry business, science and politics. Artificial paradise (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Broken dreams by Andrew Craig
Between 2004 and 2009, 1.5m people from Eastern Europe came to Britain looking for a better life. But for some, the adventure has ended in unemployment and addiction. Meanwhile, hard hit services brace themselves for a new wave of migrants from two of Europe’s…