We asked John Witton, who worked in ISDD’s library for 20 years, to select his pick of the crop since ISDD’s foundation. They are all books he came back to time and time again. Here’s John Witton’s all time greats.…
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Druglink article 1998 – Remember me? by Gary Sutton
Here Gary Sutton gives us the drug user’s perspective and warns against over-zealous nannying: addicts are people, and no one can force them to ‘come to terms’ with their reasons for using or think that stopping drugs stops the hurt.…
Druglink article 1998 – High times, low company: Global drug trading since the 1960s by Roger Lewis
We’ve come a long way since Howard Marks – the drug trade in the nineties is nasty, brutal and short. Here one of Europe’s foremost trafficking experts outlines how and why this is. High times, low company: Global drug trading…
Druglink article 1998 – Law and order by Maggy Lee and Nigel South
Almost uniquely in the western world, the history of drug control in Britain has a tense fascination. The tension lies in the development of control policies which have generally sought to balance treatment with enforcement. Policy has usually been shaped…
Druglink article 1998 – From Johnny B to Ebeneezer: Goode times on the dance floor by Rowdy Yates and Oswin Baker
If you’re looking for an explanation for drug use, you can’t go far wrong with culture. And the culture of the last 30 years has been lead by the amp, the guitar and the drum kit. From the psychedelic tripping…
Druglink article 1998 – Thirty years of drug education: whose learning curve? by Niall Coggans
In an era of the evidence base and the overarching question of “what works?” it is vital that we accept the lesson that 30 years of drug education has taught us: you cannot expect drug education to have a high…
Druglink article 1998 – From clinic to community: the changing face of treatment by Harry Shapiro
30 years ago a new era of drug treatment was ushered in with the creation of Drug Dependency Units. Since then, we have seen the treatment sector respond to epidemics, disease and funding crises – but what have the last…
Druglink article 1998 – Out in the cold: Drugs, homelessness and social exclusion by Toby Seddon
Tackling drugs to build a better Britain positioned drugs firmly in the context of social exclusion. Then the ACMD’s Drug Misuse and the Environment had a chapter on housing and homelessness. And now, Keith Hellawell has a buddy – the…
Druglink article 1998 – Heroin still screws you up – responding to new heroin outbreaks by Roy Egginton, Howard Parker and Catherine Bury
In 1996, with rumours flying around the country, Druglink took another long, hard look at heroin and the fears that ‘smack was back’. Two years on, those rumours have been confirmed by Howard Parker’s widely publicised, disturbing research. Here, for…
Druglink obituary 1998 – Philip Connell 1921 – 1998
Philip Connell, chair of ISDD from 1975 – 1990, died on 26th July at the age of 77. Dr Connell played a pivotal role in the development of Britain’s response to drugs. Philip Connell 1921 – 1998 (PDF)