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Druglink article 2005 – Liberal lines by Harry Shapiro

Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy explains to Harry Shapiro that drug testing schoolkids is wrong, legalisation is not on the agenda and how Anne Widdecombe sparked a more mature drugs debate Liberal lines (PDF) Additional keywords: politics

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Druglink article 2005 – Labour’s ‘eight wasted years’ by Harry Shapiro

The war on drugs has had its supply lines cut because Labour has gone soft on cannabis, has failed to invest in residential rehabs and is not getting enough drug offenders in court. Conservative leader Michael Howard talks to Harry…

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Druglink interview 2005 – For the record by Harry Shapiro

While the field has every reason to be encouraged by the government’s response to drug problems since 1997, concerns and anxieties remain in a number of key areas. here, Prime Minister Tony Blair discusses issues such as treatment, cannabis and…

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Druglink article 2004 – ‘Dutch’ Reagan’s drug policy: America’s second Civil War by Harry Shapiro

While the White House trumpeted ‘Just say no’, black urban America was torn apart by crack cocaine. Harry Shapiro looks back at the Reagan years. ‘Dutch’ Reagan’s drug policy: America’s second Civil War (PDF)

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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)

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Druglink interview 2004 – Passion for the future by Harry Shapiro

A law graduate employed as a frontline welfare rights worker, Martin Barnes rose through the ranks of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) to become its Director in 1998. Now he gives his first interview as Chief Executive of DrugScope…

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Druglink interview 2012 – Duncan Selbie by Harry Shapiro

If it isn’t already, the name Duncan Selbie is set to become very familiar to those of us working in the drug and alcohol sector. The Chief Executive of Public Health England spoke to Harry Shapiro about his plans. Interview – Duncan Selbie…

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Druglink article 2012 – Long day’s journey into night by Harry Shapiro

How did a drug agency with a turnover of £5m go bust leaving less than £20k in the bank? Harry Shapiro investigates. During the early afternoon of Friday 4 November, Nigel Eggleston, Service Manager at TH@W, a young person’s project based in Clapham, south…

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Druglink interview 2013 – Paul Hayes by Harry Shapiro

Always a controversial figure, Paul Hayes has nevertheless been a tireless champion for treatment. With the NTA shortly to fold into Public Health England, he reflects on the political realities of establishing and maintaining the treatment system in this specially extended interview with Harry Shapiro. Druglink interview…

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Druglink interview 2014 – Steve Rolles by Harry Shapiro

Transform have just published a new book setting out a public health approach to constructing a legal, regulated market for cannabis. Harry Shapiro spoke to Transform’s Senior Policy Analyst Steve Rolles Interview: Steve Rolles (PDF)

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