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Druglink article 1995 – Drug use, sexual risk and sexual safety by Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk
Despite high sexual activity, drug injectors report low levels of condom use. A study of sexual safety among opiate and stimulant users found that alcohol and stimulants were seen to lower inhibitions; alcohol was also felt to cause loss of…
Druglink supplement 1995 – Task force to review services for drug misusers by John Polkinghorne
Update of the task force set up to review the effectiveness of treatment services for drug misuers. Task force to review services for drug misusers (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – Is there really a London connection? by Andrew Johns
The case for the defence in the exchange of views between Dr John Marks of Widnes and London’s drug dependence specialists, accused by him of killing the British system. Is there really a London connection? (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – A personal account by Bing Spear
For decades Britain’s most respected drugs official, in retirement ‘Bing’ Spear became a powerful critic of current ,medical and government policy. This is his last public statement, made on his behalf shortly before his death on 9th July. It reveals…
Druglink article 1995 – The sleeping giant wakes by Tom Waller and Roger Holmes
Hepatitis C – scale and impact in Britain. During 1994 a questionnaire on hepatitis C was sent to drug agencies and others working with drug users. Hepatitis C was found in 6 out of 10 of over 2000 tests done…
Druglink obituary 1995 – A tribute to ‘Bing’ by Dorothy Black
Based until 1986 in the drug control arm of the Home Office, Bing Spear came to symbolise the humanity of the ‘British System’. Within the drugs field and among the addicts he cared for, Bing became the most respected figure…
Druglink article 1995 – Who killed the British system? by John Marks
Forced through the health services market to close his drug dependence clinic, John Marks fires his parting shot at the doctors he accuses of having dismantled the ‘British system’ Who killed the British system? (PDF) Additional keywords: heroin prescribing /…
Druglink factsheet 1995 – Drug terms 2
The second of two factsheets on definitions of commonly used words in the drugs field. Factsheet – Drug terms 2 (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – England v Australia by David Hawks
Despite coming ten years before England’s, to many, Australia’s drug abuse policy will seem more progressive, but this comparison of the two also reveals some important strengths in the English approach. England v Australia (PDF)