Princess opium was a royal guest of the Vietnamese in refugee camps in Hong Kong. She and they now reside in Deptford. The creation of a Vietnamese service taught important lessons, with implications for wider treatment networks and aftercare. Nang…
Tag Archive for drug services
Druglink article 1999 – Plaster over the cracks: anti-racism policies are just skin deep by Kazim Khan
Many organisations think they are tackling racism, but are they really? No one would expect one white European to be able to represent all the cultures and views of Europe, so why do people expect one visible minority representative to…
Druglink article 2014 – Dane law by Blaine Stothard
It took 35 years of campaigning for the authorities to accept drug consumption rooms in Denmark. Could it happen in the UK? Dane law (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – A generation ignored by Jane Ward and Julia Sinclair
Although tackling alcohol use remains on the national agenda, many practitioners are aware they are only addressing the tip of the iceberg. Who is the main group missing from specialist services? It’s the over-50s. A generation ignored (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – No silver lining by Gemma Lousley
Problematic drug and alcohol use among older people is on the rise and health services must adapt. Following a roundtable discussion on the issue last year, DrugScope is set to publish a major briefing on the subject. No silver lining (PDF)
Druglink article 2014- The X Factor by Mike Powers
A controversial service in Wales that analyses people’s drugs has been dismissed by some as a naive mistake. But Mike Powers argues that it could be a vital new weapon in harm reduction’s arsenal. ‘Calling all coke dealers: Welsh government will test your…
Druglink interview 2014 – Tim Sampey by Harry Shapiro
Earlier this year, Build on Belief held a well-attended launch event at the House of Lords. Co-founder member and Chief Operating Officer Tim Sampey, recalls that it all started as a racket – badminton that is. Around late 2004, Terry Swinton and I went to a…
Druglink article 2014 – At your service by Sara McGrail
There are few subjects more fraught in our sector right now than the issue of how drug and alcohol services are commissioned. In the first of a two part article on commissioning in England, Sara McGrail reveals how smaller agencies are being forced out…
Druglink news item 1999 – ‘Orange book’ views from the frontline
Druglink asked five individuals with substantive collective experience of the British drug treatment field for their views on the new clinical guidelines on the treatment of drug dependency. Opinion seemed widely divided. ‘Orange book’ views from the frontline (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Talking the talk: the drug worker and ‘anti-language’ by Gerry Rice, Joanne M. Smith and Terry Thomas
The colloquial or slang language used by drug users is very much taken for granted by drug workers. Those working with drug users have also taken up this language. But is there more to this than the understandable need to…