The first event of it’s kind in Britain, K-Day brought together users, drug workers and health experts to talk about ketamine – a drug sidelined by treatment services despite causing rising concerns. Andy McNicoll and Dr Celia Morgan on a day that could…
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Druglink article 2010 – Chemical reaction by Marcus Roberts
With a growing market in highs such as ketamine, GBL, Spice and mephedrone and a trend towards young people mixing and matching drugs with alcohol, drug services are facing a different set of issues than they were at the turn of the millennium. Marcus Roberts introduces…
Druglink article 2011 – Going green by Caroline Chatwin and David Porteous
An ongoing study among long term cannabis users paints a picture of reluctant skunk smokers whose often low-level addiction has had both good and bad impacts on their lives. Much of the academic research conducted thus far into cannabis use tends to focus on…
Druglink article 2011 – Under one roof by Sam Hart
Michaela’s life reached a crossroads when her daughter was born two years ago. She loved her child, but a serious drug problem meant she was incapable of looking after her. Sam Hart on a specialist residential rehab unit for families that helps drug using…
Druglink article 2011 – Back to the streets by Lyn Matthews
Lyn Matthews worked as a health researcher in Liverpool’s red light district during the late 1980s – at a time when the city opened the world’s first drug harm reduction service. In January she found herself, a quarter of a century later, back in…
Druglink article 2011 – Relatively speaking by Elliot Elam
One of the Britain’s largest drug agencies has trained its workforce to look into the delicate matter of drug users’ families. Only by looking past the label and focusing squarely on the individual can drug treatment workers understand a person’s concerns, their predicament and the issues…
Druglink article 2011 – The Knowledge by William Butler
The Substance Misuse Skills Consortium is a sector led initiative tasked with delivering ‘an inspirational, recovery-orientated workforce’. The Consortium’s chair, William Butler, describes how it came about and why it is vital that treatment providers now step up and demonstrate their support for its…
Druglink article 2011 – The whole nine yards by Leon Wylie
A good drug worker is not necessarily someone who has used lots of drugs, has great charm or is extremely efficient. They are someone best equipped to help people off drugs. The substance use treatment sector is in flux. Political and policy changes and…
Druglink article 2011 – Not so secret services by Esther Sample
Drug workers have to walk a fine line over what they can tell the authorities and even family members about clients. But now they are under increasing pressure to share confidential information with the external agencies. Esther Sample reports. Not so secret services (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Agents of change by Carole Sharma
Little can be achieved in improving the way drug workers do their job without the help of their managers, says Carole Sharma. Agents of change (PDF)