It is perhaps not surprising given client demand and government policy, that most statutory drug services still carry caseloads weighted heavily towards opiate users offering little else other than needle exchange for stimulant users. Any other from of intervention has…
Tag Archive for amphetamines
Druglink factsheet 1999 – Ice
What is Ice? What does it look like? What are its effects? What are the risks? What does it cost? Where does it come from? Who is using it? Factsheet – Ice (PDF) Additional keywords: methamphetamine
Druglink article 1999 – Reading between the lines: Is cocaine becoming the stimulant of choice for urban youth? by Annabel Boys, John Marsden and Paul Griffiths
Recent concerns about hard drug use among young people have focussed on whether the UK is experiencing a new heroin epidemic with particular concern that the heroin user is younger than ever. While exploring this contention in a London context,…
Druglink article 1997 – Drought warning: rapid assessment in practice by Jim Sherval and Ian Grant
Reports of a cannabis drought in 1996 prompted the authors to carry out a rapid assessment of the situation in the Lothians. Interviews with drug workers and drug users confirmed the rumours as well as a switch to amphetamine and…
Druglink article 1996 – The effectiveness review
Leading practitioners and agencies give us their thoughts on the review. There is also a run down of some of the main research including that on community pharmacies, pregnant drug users, users views of services and amphetamine / cocaine service…
Druglink article 1995 – Forbidden pleasures: drugs and sexual desire by Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk
In some drug taking circles taking drugs is thought to enhance sex and sex is thought to enhance drug effects. Interviews with 96 opiate or stimulant users revealed that many of these drugs did not live up to expectations. Drug users…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug use, sexual risk and sexual safety by Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk
Despite high sexual activity, drug injectors report low levels of condom use. A study of sexual safety among opiate and stimulant users found that alcohol and stimulants were seen to lower inhibitions; alcohol was also felt to cause loss of…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug user lifestyles and peer education by Robert Power, Steve Jones, Gerry Kearns, Jenni Ward
Research among heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users in three areas showed how peer education and outreach can build on informal risk-reduction strategies. Only by understanding these can services dovetail with drug scenes and with the lifestyles of those they target.…
Druglink article 1994 – Speed on prescription by Richard Pates
In many parts of the country amphetamine use is widespread and much more common than opiate use. The drug is injected and used widely in the sex industry. Risks of injecting-related damage and of HIV and hepatitis spread are considerable…
Druglink article 1992 – A researcher reports from the rave by Russell Newcombe
Many thousands of young people take LSD, ecstasy and amphetamine while attending rave dance events. Use is usually occasional and unproblematic but dangers arise from the uncertain composition and strength of the drugs. A minority of ravers take drug cocktails…