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Druglink article 2012 – Weeding out the dope by Harry Shapiro

It’s five years since Druglink last covered the phenomenon of cannabis farms, during which time the national picture has changed considerably and in the process put police resources under considerable strain. Weeding out the dope (PDF)

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Druglink interview 2001 – Victor Adebowale by Harry Shapiro

Self-doubt and ambition is how Victor Adebowale describes his career path through voluntary sector and local authority housing management, the Alcohol Recovery Project, Director of Centrepoint and now Chief Executive of Turning point. Interview – Victor Adebowale (PDF)

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Druglink article 2013 – A Tripp down memory lane by Harry Shapiro

The prescribing habits of a handful of London doctors led to what some have described as the beginning of the end for the ‘British System’. A Tripp down memory lane (PDF)

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Druglink interview 2013 – Baroness Molly Meacher by Harry Shapiro

Events worldwide prompted Baroness Meacher to try to move the drug law reform debate on in the UK. Interview – Baroness Molly Meacher (PDF)

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Druglink interview 2013 – Professor John Strang by Harry Shapiro

A series of three recent papers in The Lancet summarised the findings of a six year project published as ‘Drug Policy and the Public Good’ published in 2010. John Strang was part of that project and here we discuss the general process of gathering and reviewing…

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Druglink news item 2013 – Poppy daze by Harry Shapiro

Media interpretation of the implications of the current bumper opium crop in Afghanistan is flawed. Poppy daze (PDF)

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Druglink article 2013 – Spirits of the age by Harry Shapiro

As the Turkish government recently discovered, trying to rein in a long established drinking culture can be incendiary. The general perception of Prohibition in America, was that, it too, was doomed to failure. But was it a total flop? Spirits of the age…

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Druglink article 2013 – Ace in the hole by Harry Shapiro

The ground-breaking Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE ) study demonstrated a clear correlation between childhood trauma (including parental substance misuse) and later ill-health – not least addiction. Ace in the hole (PDF) Additional keywords: parents / children / treatment outcomes

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Druglink article 1999 – Where in the world? Drug information on the web by Amanda Norman and Harry Shapiro

Imagine a restaurant with a thousand different doors. The food you get depends entirely on which unsignposted door you enter by. This is what searching on the wold wide web is like. Where in the world? Drug information on the…

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Druglink interview 2013 – Vivienne Evans OBE by Harry Shapiro

Ten years ago, the ACMD published Hidden Harm a landmark report on the impact of parental drug use on children. We asked Vivienne Evans OBE, Chief Executive of Adfam, to what extent children’s lives have been improved since. Interview: Vivienne Evans OBE (PDF) Additional keywords: parents…

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