It has killed five times more people in the last decade than cocaine, ecstasy and speed put together, but solvent misuse has always been the ugly sister of the drug field. That could change as slogans like Solvent Abuse Can…
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Druglink article 1997 – Time for total treatment: where drugs and alcohol meet by Tom Waller
As the pages of Druglink testify, substitute prescribing has dominated the British response to drug misuse for decades. But all that could change soon with the publication of the Orange Book of clinical guidelines.This could be the best opportunity in years…
Druglink article 1997 – New Labour, new broom by the Rt Hon Ann Taylor MP
She may have dropped the ‘Lord’ but the new President of the Council still inherits Tony Newton’s role as the minister responsible for a coordinated drug strategy. Here, for the first time, Ann Taylor outlines her philosophy and reveals exclusively…
Druglink article 1997 – The English patient: doctors and drug users in Britain today by Sarah Mars
A new report from the BMA seeks to provide GPs with guidance on working with drug-using patients. Funding problems are particularly acute in this area, and it is recommended that combined local budgets are explored to remedy this situation. Shared care…
Druglink article 1997 – Shoot-out in Germany: Prisons take charge by Jacob Jutta and Heino Stover
The number of injecting drug users is rapidly reaching crisis proportions in German prisons Shoot-out in Germany: Prisons take charge (PDF)
Druglink article 1997 – Workers with attitude by Colin Cripps
No one’s getting younger these days except it seems, drug users. But how can we hope to reach them in the classroom, in the agency and on the street? And how can we do that without being patronising or power-hungry?…
Druglink article 1997 – Get it while you can: the walking talking calling card by Ray Jenkins
One of Britain’s best known arrest referral schemes gives Druglink readers the low-down on getting arrestees into treatment and off the drug-crime roundabout. Get it while you can: the walking talking calling card (PDF)
Druglink supplement 1997 – Eurolink
Drug use in Europe. European drug policy and practice. Plus a jargon-free guide to Europe’s institutions! Eurolink (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 1997 – Skunk
What is skunk? Why has it become popular? What are the effects of skunk? Factsheet – skunk (PDF)
Druglink article 1997 – Out of Africa: a Kenyan odyssey by Maggie Telfer
From the wet west country to the sunnier climes of Africa, an awful lot can still be done when treatment options are few, as one Bristol drug worker found to her astonishment. Out of Africa: a Kenyan odyssey (PDF)