Crack was first reported in Liverpool in 1987. By mid 1998 crack use was prevalent among the city’s prostitutes. An outreach worker describes how by the end of 1988 there was concern that the women accepted higher risk sex to…
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Druglink article 1993 – Crack injection by Helen Pickering, Martin Donoghoe, Anna Green, Rebecca Foster
More crack users are injecting, risking serious health problems. Crack injection (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Home Office research shows crack ‘on every street corner’ in Home Secretary’s constituency
The spectre of a violent crack market undermining Britain’s black communities has been revived by research in Nottingham which reported a ‘highly visible crack dealing scene…dominated by Afro-Caribbeans’ Home Office research shows crack ‘on every street corner’ in Home Secretary’s…
Druglink article 1990 – Illicit drugs and the world economy by the UN information service
Why a world economy that gives us cheap coffee also gives us cocaine. The rapid decline in raw commodity prices and accumulation of foreign debt in developing countries in the 1980s lies behind the escalating illicit drug production and trafficking…
Druglink article 1990 – This is Britain, buddy
Is Britain just a time-lagged version of the USA? That was the major debating point at London’s crack conference. This is Britain, buddy (PDF)
Druglink article 1990 – Meeting exposes deep US-UK splits over crack threat
The City of London’s high profile crack conference last October ended with the UK and US speakers trading insults and the organiser’s options for a London-wide campaign ignored or rejected by virtually all the British speakers Meeting exposes deep US-UK…
Druglink article 1989 – Crack in Liverpool by Russell Newcombe and Lyn Matthews
The first research on crack use in Liverpool reveals how the drug is used by Liverpool prostitutes. Crack in Liverpool (PDF) Prostitution
Druglink article 1989 – Crack in London by Stephen Tippell
Cocaine users in South London are now being converted to crack. The area’s drugs street agency shares their experience of cocaine and crack problems, probably the most extensive in Britain. Crack in London (PDF)
Druglink article 1989 – Crack briefing by Harry Shapiro
In the heat of July’s crack panic ISDD rushed this briefing to press and government officials – the facts about crack as we know them. Crack briefing (PDF) Additional keywords: USA / UK / Drug cultures / Drug subcultures
Druglink article 1989 – Crack stories from the States
What US agent Stutman told Britain’s chief constables about crack ‘scared the hell’ out of them. It also alarmed the Home Secretary and was uncritically regurgitated in lurid tabloid news splashes. Here’s part of what he said. Crack stories from…