Research from The Mount prison indicates that group programmes for inmates help with issues of abstinence, harm reduction and other effect of drug use. Captive courses: inside intervention (PDF)
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Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2000 – Hard Labour: Blair warfare by Gerry Stimson
New Labour’s law, order and cpntrol agenda is cutting a swathe through public sector working practices. the drugs field is not immune Hard Labour: Blair warfare (PDF) Additional keywords: compulsory treatment
Druglink interview 2013 – Carole Sharma
Since the late 1990s, there has been significant investment in drug treatment services to the point where the major providers constitute a medium size industry. But has the expertise of the workforce kept pace with such rapid commercial development? Carole Sharma, Chief Executive of the Federation of…
Druglink news item 2013 – Safe and Sound by Rebecca Lees
The SAFE Project in Birmingham was one of the agencies involved in the joint DrugScope/AVA prostitution/drugs project. Rebecca Lees pays a visit. Safe and Sound (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Clear classification – simple service evaluation by George Christo
An evaluation tool is available that satisfies research requirements (CISS – Christo Inventory for Substance Misuse Services) and is easily used by busy drug workers Clear classification – simple service evaluation (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Sticks and smoke: country cousins and close communities by Sheila Henderson
Illegal drug use is not just an urban pursuit, so how do responses to drug use differ according to locality? Is the same approach applicable in urban and rural areas? Sticks and smoke: country cousins and close communities (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Pills, Thrills and a Bellyache by Beth Burgess
Would a gun to the head make an alcoholic put down the bottle? Maybe. Would surgically removing an addict’s veins prevent them injecting drugs? I guess so. But do either of these things promote a healthy recovery? Absolutely not. Yet methods of cutting alcohol and drug consumption…
Druglink article 2013 – Broken dreams by Andrew Craig
Between 2004 and 2009, 1.5m people from Eastern Europe came to Britain looking for a better life. But for some, the adventure has ended in unemployment and addiction. Meanwhile, hard hit services brace themselves for a new wave of migrants from two of Europe’s…
Druglink article 1999 – A stab in the dark: alcohol swabs as education tools by Julie Macrow
Why are sterets given to injecting drug users and how are they supposed to be used? A stab in the dark: alcohol swabs as education tool (PDF)