Back in 2001, Colin Brewer made some predictions in Druglink about future developments for medical treatment. So what happened? Ten years on (PDF) A decade ago, I began my article by considering vaccines that could be tailor-made to block the effects of most misused…
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Druglink article 2001 – Easy targets: hard drugs by Joan Smith
The USA has a history of problematic drug use back to the 19th century. Punishing users has failed so the US is now exporting castigation to producers. South America is becoming the whipping boy of drug-ravaged USA Easy targets: hard…
Druglink article 2000 – Supporting intervention: ethics in research by Jo Apply, David Pyle and Geoff Wootton
A study by the US Institute for Defense Analysis attempted to look at how intervention close to the source of cocaine influences availability, ignoring whether the threat of drugs justifies the sometimes extreme actions involved. Druglink asked three commentators for…
Druglink article 2013 – White riot by Max Daly
When Millwall fans started punching anyone in sight at an FA Cup game being shown live on TV, it reignited memories of the hooligan blighted days of yesteryear. Max Daly on how the rise of cocaine is fuelling a new breed of football…
Druglink article 2000 – Misguided missiles: Drugs war in Colombia by Axel Klein
Britain supports the US war on drugs in Colombia and it may be that British firms are developing biological controls for coca Misguided missiles: Drugs war in Colombia (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Snowed under: Is it the real thing? by John Martin Corkery
If the UK suffered the cocaine epidemic which was reported in the 1990s the figures should reveal it. Snowed under: Is it the real thing? (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Greek tragedy by Max Daly
Still reeling from an HIV epidemic among injecting drug users, Greece is now dealing with a low-grade methamphetamine called ‘sisa’, that has joined heroin as the drug of choice for the country’s destitute population. Max Daly reports on a drug scene being shaped by…
Druglink article 2000 – Out of Africa – In to trafficking by Axel Klein
The rise of the Nigerian global trafficking syndicates Out of Africa – In to trafficking (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – A cracked myth by Maureen Black and Stacy Buckingham-Howes
New research suggests fears that a generation of ‘crack babies’ would become create havoc on America’s welfare and criminal justice systems have been greatly exaggerated. Researchers Maureen Black and Stacy Buckingham-Howes report on their latest research into prenatal cocaine exposure. A cracked myth…
Druglink article 2014 – The Futures Market by Marcus Roberts
Crime, heroin and poverty underpinned the growth of the sector. But with change happening at every turn, Marcus Roberts takes stock. A new Home Office research report by Nick Morgan considers The heroin epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s and its effect upon crime trends…