How does it work? What is it prescribed for? What are the risks? What is its non-medical use? Druglink factsheet – Prozac (PDF)
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Druglink article 1995 – Wishes for a white paper
From Mike Linnell’s tongue-in-cheek send-up to Robin Burgess’s passionate endorsement, we present eight reactions to the Tackling Drugs Together green paper, the consultation document soon to be transformed into the Government’s drug strategy for England. Wishes for a white paper…
Druglink article 1995 – Mind your own business by Chris Britton
One strand of national policy encourages offenders to own up to their drug problems – but do other strands give them overriding reasons not to? This probation officer’s eye view suggests schemes to divert offenders into treatment could fail at…
Druglink article 1995 – No big deal: court ordered treatment in practice by Maggie Lee and Sarah Mainwaring
Two studies have assessed the practical impact of the provision introduced in 1992 allowing courts to make it a condition of a probation order that drug dependents undergo community based treatment. Courts rarely used this option and it had little…
Druglink article 1995 – Shape up or pay up by Matthew Southwell
Drug services face a growing challenge to become more culturally appropriate. Established services, overwhelmingly staffed by, managed by and run for the white population have failed the black community. Shape up or pay up (PDF) Additional keywords: race / minority…
Druglink supplement 1995 – DoH Task force to review services for drug misusers: a progress report by John Polkinghorne
Terms of reference: to conduct a comprehensive survey of clinical, operational and cost effectiveness of existing services for drug misusers. To review current policy and to make recommendations to ministers. DoH Task force to review services for drug misusers (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 1995 – Drugs – the basic facts
This briefing looks at formulation, short and long term effects, laws, and slang names for the most commonly used illegal drugs Drugs – the basic facts (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – How involved can you get? by Simon Polley
A service’s users may go far beyond drug users. User involvement is the process by which services systematically learn from their users to achieve a more effective service. Common problems include dis-empowering users unacustomed to the bureaucracy and jargon of…
Druglink article 1994 – A street drug analysis service by Chris Hughes
Several factors combined to lead the Hillingdon Drug Education Team, its partners in the youth service and the police to develop a scheme for the analysis of illicit drugs. A street drug analysis service (PDF)
Druglink article 1994 – Peer pressure: a convenient explanation by Niall Coggins and Susan McKellar
The ideas that peer pressure and low self-esteem cause youth drug use lie behind many drug education programmes in Britain. Such ideas divert responsibility away from the drug user and from their parents and other carers, and conform to popular…