This article focuses on evidence about opiate-related deaths. More specifically, it examines the statistics for methadone related deaths and compares them with those for heroin. The question posed is, what are the relative mortality risks of using methadone compared to…
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Druglink news 1996 – Addict index under threat
Despite misgivings from the ACMD, sources in the Home Office have indicated that the Addict Index will almost certainly be scrapped. Addict index under threat (PDF)
Druglink news 1996 – The effects of E on harm reduction
The news that Leah Betts died from drinking too much water and not ecstasy per se has worrying implications for the standard ecstasy harm reduction message to drink lots of water. The effects of E on harm reduction (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – Taking a DAS trip by Simon Kirk and Clare Brabbins
What happens when psychiatrists and purchasers do drugs together Taking a DAS trip (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 1995 – The crack using client
This factsheet is a distillation of the experience of some of the gencies at the forefront of dealing with crack using clients Factsheet: The crack using client (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – Forbidden pleasures: drugs and sexual desire by Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk
In some drug taking circles taking drugs is thought to enhance sex and sex is thought to enhance drug effects. Interviews with 96 opiate or stimulant users revealed that many of these drugs did not live up to expectations. Drug users…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug workers and the database by Tim Crabbe and Michael Donmall
A study of the validity of information on regional database forms found that agency and database records tallied extremely well. The forms make useful initial assessment sheets, but there are still a few problems with them. Workers filled in the…
Druglink news 1995 – New drugs hit street and dancefloor
With more stringent controls on temazepam only just announced, drug users in Scotland have already found a new and stronger alternative. Rohypnol known in Scotland as wallbangers) is the brand name of flunitrazepam. New drugs hit street and dancefloor (PDF)
Druglink news 1995 – Cannabis for cancer patients
As of September 1995, named patients can now be prescribed dronabinol a major active constituent of cannabis to alleviate nausea associated with chemotherapy Cannabis for cancer patients (PDF)
Druglink obituary 1995 – Frank Logan – ISDD’s founder
in 1967, Frank Logan conceived the idea of an independent national information resource on drug abuse. With the aid of a small steering group, he raised the money to set up the Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence in…