Development of concern over adverse effects of MDMA has paralleled similar cycles of concern over LSD and other drugs, with increasing use being accompanied by evidence of negative effects. Reports of psychotic reactions and other disorders are to be expected…
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Druglink article 1992 – Bums on seats: a speculation on the future of dug training in Britain by Gary Easthope
A study of drug training units in Britain revealed the dominance of experiential training methods that draw heavily on the existing experience and skills of trainees. But several forces are creating a move away from this towards a more conventional…
Druglink factsheet 1992 – Ketamine factsheet by Harry Shapiro
This fact sheet is intended to give professionals information about the physical and psychological effects of ketamine and its use in Britain. Ketamine factsheet (PDF)
Druglink article 1992 – Drug training in the United Kingdom by Gary Easthope
Following recommendations made by the ACMD in 1982 the government’s Central Funding Initiative funded the setting up of several regional specialist drug training units in the period 1983-1987. Lack of central planning meant these were patchily distributed and varied in…
Druglink article 1992 – Barriers to safer sex by Caroline Cupitt, Geraldine Mulleady, Keith Philips and David White
Why condom availability doesn’t lead to safer sex. Barriers to safer sex (PDF)
Druglink handout 1992 – Drugs prevention news
This addition is the work of the Central Drugs Prevention unit (CDPU) which was set up within the Home Office to coordinate the community based Drugs Prevention Initiative. It intends to cover the subject of drugs prevention in a general…
Druglink article 1992 – Probation, harm reduction, and drug services by Marilyn Bild
This review of a three year project to establish good practice in a probation service explains the difficulty of implementing a harm reduction strategy in the face of services often unattractive to many users and unwilling to cooperate in achieving…
Druglink article 1992 – Rural HIV prevention by Jan Keene and Gerry Stimson
In rural Wales they’ve had to develop new ways of delivering HIV prevention services. HIV prevention is usually seen as a package of syringe dispersal, disposal, health care and help with drug problems, often based in drug agencies. This has worked well…
Druglink article 1992 – Drug user deaths up tenfold in Glasgow
‘Virtual unavailability’ of methadone blamed for the deaths in Scotland. Drug user deaths up tenfold in Glasgow (PDF)
Druglink article 1992 – Grant frozen after ministers see ecstasy leaflet
A government grant to Mersey Drug Training and Information Centre has been withheld following a tabloid press storm over the ecstasy information in the centre’s Chill Out leaflet Grant frozen after ministers see ecstasy leaflet (PDF) Additional keywords: newspapers /…