The current logjam in thinking about gender related issues in the drugs field is characterised by a failure to address the positive aspects of young women’s drug use and to appreciate the more equal role of females in the dance drugs scene.…
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Druglink article 1993 – In confidence? by Paul Davis, Megan Jones and Hamid Ghodse
Do regional databases make it impossible to offer a truly confidential service? In confidence? (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – More than just a number by Phil Coles and Richard Pates
Outreach workers can use community resources to reach far more drug users than they could directly contact. In South Glamorgan workers attend unemployed drop in groups and youth clubs. They educate staff and residents at a hostel for the homeless…
Druglink factsheet 1993 – User to user by Keith Bolton and Annette Walling
Street corner style outreach was inappropriate in a rural area where drug dealing and drug use take place behind closed doors in flats and houses. In response a team of volunteer outreach workers was recruited and trained, many themselves former…
Druglink factsheet 1993 – The personal touch by Peter McDermott
Qualifications do not an outreach worker maketh – it takes the personal touch. The personal touch (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Methadone and slippers by Rowdy Yates
Concluding Rowdy Yates’ personal history of the Lifeline Project Methadone and slippers (PDF)
Druglink article 1993 – Problem drug use in the North West 1990-1992 by Michael Donmall and Tim Millar
Operative since 1987, the North Western database is unique in its ability to reflect trends. Over the years ’90-’92 the number of drug users increased by 68% and new users by 52%. Methadone was prescribed more often and for longer.…
Druglink article 1993 – The post-heroin generation by Fiona Measham, Russell Newcombe and Howard Parker
A survey of 14-15 year old school pupils in the North West reveals that over a third had tried drugs with highs rates of hallucinogen and stimulant use as well as cannabis. As many girls as boys had tried drugs.…
Druglink article 1993 – The drug agency goes to school by Paul Berry, Gerry McKenna
The Community Alcohol and Drug Service in King’s Lynn developed a continuing partnership with a local school which led to the agency’s staff being present at the school to help in health education about drugs, sex and AIDS, and to…
Druglink article 1993 – A smack in the eye by Rowdy Yates
Part 3 of a personal history of the Lifeline Project in Manchester A smack in the eye (PDF)