The colloquial or slang language used by drug users is very much taken for granted by drug workers. Those working with drug users have also taken up this language. But is there more to this than the understandable need to…
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Druglink article 1999 – Hit or miss? by Jude
For a creative environment where you need to earn a living, it doesn’t come much tougher than the music business. Jude describes fighting the demons in your head and across the studio floor. Hit or miss? (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Encouraging take-up of condoms by Paul Berry
In the interests of personal health, drug users have been more than ready to accept clean injecting equipment from drug agencies, and also talk in explicit details about injecting techniques. But trying to get them to talk about safe sex…
Druglink factsheet 1999 – Jargon
Common acronyms in the drug field explained Factsheet Jargon (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Getting the point across: a cheap, effective, brief intervention to reduce injecting by Neil Hunt, Garry Stillwell and Paul Griffiths
Since the 1980s, targeted interventions with injecting drug users have largely involved secondary prevention strategies intended to reduce the risk of HIV and make injecting less harmful, rather than primary prevention work that reduces the numbers transitioning to injecting. The…
Druglink article 1999 – Life in the slow lane: are we serious about services for stimulant users? by Tim Bottomley
It is perhaps not surprising given client demand and government policy, that most statutory drug services still carry caseloads weighted heavily towards opiate users offering little else other than needle exchange for stimulant users. Any other from of intervention has…
Druglink interview 1999 – Mike Trace urges drug field to think ahead by Harry Shapiro
In an exclusive interview Mike Trace, the UK deputy anti-drugs coordinator has expressed his concerns that the drug field is not geared up for the expansion promised by the extra money coming from the Comprehensive Spending Review Mike Trace urges…
Druglink news item 1999 – New ‘Orange’ guidelines: care or control?
GPs routinely involved in the care of drug users have given a qualified welcome to the newly-revised DoH guidelines on the clinical management of drug dependency. New ‘Orange’ guidelines: care or control? (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2014 -MPA
MPA (Methiopropamine) is a new psychoactive substance (NPS), a stimulant drug, sold on its own or within a wide range of branded products. Find out more in this factsheet. Factsheet – MPA (PDF) NOTE: MPA is now controlled under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
Druglink article 2014 – Wrong arm of the law by Jessica Magson
The evidence from abroad, especially Portugal, suggests that scaling back on criminalising drug users in the UK could be a smart move, says Jessica Magson Despite major advances in drug treatment support over the past 20 years, punitive approaches to tackling illicit drug use remain…