Interviewed recently for Druglink, one of America’s most respected authorities on the workings of the drug market says the division between treating drug dependence and punishing offences has to end. In Britain too, the trend is towards treating rather than…
Tag Archive for cocaine
Druglink article 1988 – Cocaine arrives as heroin recedes
Home Office statistics suggest the late 1980’s may be a turning point for both heroin and cocaine use in the UK, though there are fears the drop in heroin statistics may be a temporary lull as hard-hit traffickers re-group. Cocaine…
Druglink article 1987 – A cocaine explosion by Colin Hewitt
In January cocaine worth £6 million was seized in Essex and politicians renewed warnings that surplus South American cocaine was set to cause a ‘cocaine explosion’ in Britain. But the UK’s top police drugs investigator believes our defences can withstand…
Coke in the UK
Coke in the UK (PDF)
Cocaine and crack
What is cocaine? Coca paste – basuco, Powder cocaine – C, charlie, coke, blow, dust, Gianlucca, gold dust, Percy, lady, snow, toot, white, crack – base, freebase, gravel, rock, stones, wash. What is cocaine powder? Cocaine is a white powder derived…
Druglinks from 2010
Cocaine dossier (PDF) In this special dossier, we bring together some of our key investigations and feature stories on cocaine, including the first reporting of a two-tier market in the drug and the spread of its use to blue collar…
How pure are street drugs?
DrugWise infographic on the purity of street drugs (PDF) There is no proper quality control over illegal drugs. It is often difficult to know whether a powder, pill, herb or liquid is a particular drug. Furthermore you may have no…