Drug users from America to Thailand are subjected to human rights abuses on a grand scale. Jane Mackenzie on the brutal treatment meted out on behalf of the global war on drugs. Long arm of the law (PDF)
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Druglink article 2004 – Class of 2004: Going to the dogs by Max Daly
Is the use of sniffer dogs to search school children confined to a few classrooms in Kent? Max Daly investigates. Class of 2004: Going to the dogs (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2004 – Drug testing
Drug detection times for all the main drugs and comparisons of saliva, urine, sweat, blood and hair testing. Factsheet 2004 – Drug testing (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Insite into safer injecting by Neil McKeganey
After the Sydney experiment a safer injecting centre was set up in Vancouver. Neil McKeganey, who believes such sites could benefit the UK, went to see this drug consumption room for himself. Insite into safer injecting (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – The downside of Eastside by Mike Ashton
Established in 1989, Vancouver’s Eastside needle exchange grew to be the largest in North America, distributing over two million needles and syringes a year. But by 1995, Vancouver’s low rate of HIV infection suddenly tripled within 18 months. Researchers moved…
Druglink article 2004 – Children of a lesser God by Gibby Zobel
Behind the carnival image of Rio de Janeiro lurks one of the most deadly drug markets on the planet. Gibby Zobel reports from Rio on a trigger happy street drug scene which has claimed the lives of 4,000 children in…
Druglink article 2004 – Sports doping control: failing the test by Harry Shapiro
Sportsmen and women who break the drug rules face career – threatening bans and reputations as ‘drug cheats’. But, writes Harry Shapiro, scientific and ethical doubts about the whole programme remain unanswered. Sports doping control: failing the test (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Hard nuts to crack: treating the needs of young users by Max Daly
The age of children arriving at treatment services with heroin and cocaine dependencies is falling. Max Daly on how the system is dealing with younger Class A users. Hard nuts to crack: treating the needs of young users (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Killer cannabis: the return of reefer madness by Max Daly
As the alleged dangers of smoking cannabis generate a media frenzy, Max Daly investigates the truth behind the drug’s links with violence and aggression. Killer cannabis: the return of reefer madness (PDF)
Druglink article 2010 – Shackled to an age-old stigma by Stuart Walton
The stigmatisation of drug users as morally corrupt and undeserving of compassion has its roots in the Victorian anti-alcohol movement. Stuart Walton on how society is struggling to free itself from what is becoming a debilitating habit. A gathering mood of intolerance is abroad…