There is growing concern in the UK about the presence of fentanyl, a powerful opioid drug, in samples of heroin and linked to a number of overdose deaths. See the Fentanyl DrugWatch briefing for detailed information from DrugWatch, an online network of drug experts…
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How many people have died from ecstasy?
The table below comes from the Office for National Statistics and shows the number of drug-related deaths where ecstasy was mentioned on the death certificate by age, England and Wales between 1993 and 2015. This ONS table shows…
Codeine
Codeine is an opiate drug used to treat mild to moderately severe pain. Like morphine, it is found in opium (extracted from the opium poppy) but it can also be synthesised in the lab. Codeine is about one fifth the strength…
Phenazepam
Fake Valium, Kronic, Bonsai Phenazepam is a powerful, long acting benzodiazepine which has been reported as being five times stronger than Valium – the most commonly prescribed tranquilliser. The drug is not used in the UK as a medicine, but is available…
Druglink factsheet 2009 – Drug purities
This factsheet provides an update and round-up of the key truths on drug purity in Britain. Factsheet – Drug purities (PDF)
Druglink article 2009 – A life on drugs by Rick Rutkowski
Rick Rutkowski on the bad joke-cracking, Arsenal-loving, Cream-obsessed human drug-info bank that is Harry Shapiro, as he celebrates 30 years as the information guru at DrugScope. A life on drugs (PDF)
Druglink article 2009 – The politics of hope by David Best, Teodora Groshkova, David McCartney, Stephen Bamber and Wulf Livingston
In the third and final instalment of our look at the recovery movement, the authors describe the formation of a new Recovery Academy. The politics of hope (PDF)
Druglink article 2009 – Drugs of abuse by Sam Hart
The links between illegal drugs and domestic violence. Yet services have found it hard to share expertise. Sam Hart reports on how a new project aims to help both victims and perpetrators by bridging the gap between the domestic violence…
Druglink article 2009 – Twist and gout by Caryl Beynon and Lloyd Baron
Britain’s emerging population of older drug users is setting unique challenges for the treatment sector. Caryl Beynon and Lloyd Baron examine how ageing heroin veterans from the 1960s onwards are forming a new wave of problem drug users. Twist and…
Druglink article 2009 – Celebrity drug scandals exposed by Lena Corner
Why is the media so obsessed with celebrity drug scandals and what really happens behind the scenes? Celebrity drug scandals exposed (PDF)