Heroin prescriptions may benefit some users. But is it worth the risks? asks Clare Gerada Heroin prescribing – why bother? (PDF)
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Druglink article 2002 – The road from H: how the legal supply of heroin to users virtually dried up by Bing Spear and Joy Mott
Until 16 April 1968 any doctor could prescribe heroin and cocaine to any of their patients. The following extract describes the prescribing of heroin by one doctor, Lady Frankau and its effect on the extent of addiction in the 1960s.…
Druglink article 2001 – Times they are a’ changing: doctoring drug users by Dr Clare Gerada
The policy of restricting GPs prescribing of drugs is about half as old as Bob Dylan, but this may be changing. Times they are a’ changing: doctoring drug users (PDF)
Druglink article 2007 – Over the TOPS by Diane Taylor
Doctors and drug workers must now grill drug users about crimes they have committed in the last month in a bid to monitor their progress away from addiction. Diane Taylor on a scheme that has been met with trepidation by…
Druglink article 2007 – Doctors at war by Tom Carnwath
The public punishment of Dr Colin Brewer at the end of what became known as the Stapleford Case was a sad, expensive and embarrassing debacle which highlighted serious rifts in drug treatment says Tom Carnwath Doctors at war (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Emergency: breathing life into hospital drug services by David Henstock
The second class service experienced by drug users in many hospitals represents a missed opportunity to help thousands of people with drug problems. David Henstock describes how one hospital buckled the trend. Emergency: breathing life into hospital drug services (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – The quiet revolution by Chris Ford
The way drug users are dealt with by GPs has transformed in the last three decades. Dr Chris Ford, who retired earlier this year from her post as one of Britain’s specialist drug misuse GPs, looks back at how things have changed in…
Druglink article 2011 – Up to speed by Dr Linda Harris
What is the role of doctors within the government drug strategy? Dr Linda Harris on two new projects set to change doctors’ approach to drug and alcohol use. Up to speed (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – Models of care: is there a GP in the plan?
Despite recent initiatives to increase the involvement of GPs in the treatment of drug users Chris Ford and Jenny Keen argue that Models of Care ignores all this, writes doctors out of the script and so, is fatally flawed. Models…
Druglink article 2003 – He who shares, wins by Marion Walker
It’s official, not enough English GPs are in shared care schemes (SCS). Only 20% of GPs are sharing while the NHS wants 30%. With many regions not even out of the starting blocks, Marion Walker shares the secrets of Berkshire’s…