For two years Mersey drug dependency units (DDUs) have been prescribing heroin to opiate injectors to encourage them to move away from injecting. Smokable cocaine and amphetamine are also prescribed. Smoking stimulates the ‘rush’ from injecting and may be suitable…
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Druglink article 1991 – Drug politics in Liverpool by Allan Parry
Liverpool is Britain’s only example of what can happen when drugs becomes a key political issue in a no-holds-barred confrontation between opposing ideologies. Cynical exploitation with drug users’ welfare bottom of the agenda became the order of the day as…
Druglink article 1991 – Managing stress, a challenge not a threat by Dave Macdonald
Working with people who are or may be ill with HIV infection will increasingly raise the potential for stress among drug workers. Skills for mitigating stress range from breathing techniques to a strong philosophy on life. How stress events are interpreted…
Druglink article 1991 – Harm reduction and the under-16s by Jane Goodsir
Judicial decisions on underage contraception can help negotiate the legal minefield of harm reduction work with juveniles. Harm reduction and the under-16s (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – The importance of teamwork by Terry Spratley
One of the originators of the alcohol/drug team model assesses its strengths and aggravations. Multi disciplinary teamwork in the drugs field protects workers against their own strong emotional reactions to patients, helps them resist external pressures, and prevents burn out.…
Druglink article 1991 – Reaching out could be copping out by Lifeline Project
Before spending large amounts of money on a detached / outreach work scheme to reach drug users who don’t come to existing services, it is wise to examine those services to see if they might be made more attractive. If…
Druglink article 1991 – Syringe exchange: has it worked? by Martin C Donoghoe
It is too early to reliably assess the impact of syringe exchange on HIV levels, but the strategy can be evaluated against other measures. It has been successfully established, reached previously unreached clients, and reduced syringe-sharing due to shortage of…
Druglink article 1991 – Britain’s first syringe vending machine now available
The Lifeline Project in Manchester is making the country’s first syringe vending machine available to other agencies as an alternative or supplement to needle exchange schemes. Britain’s first syringe vending machine now available (PDF)
Druglink article 1990 – The cost of prescribing by Mike Smith
Using methadone to attract and maintain clients may make good anti HIV sense – but who is going to pay the drug bill? The cost of prescribing (PDF) Additional keywords: budgets / costs / methadone maintenance
Druglink article 1990 – Reaching the hard to reach by Tim Rhodes, Janet Holland, Richard Hartnoll, Ann Johnson and Sara Jones
Outreach strategies in the USA, Netherlands and UK tend either to be treatment oriented or to aim for safer injecting. These should be seen as complementary objectives both capable of reducing HIV transmission. Providing services ‘on the street’ rather than…