Media campaigns From the start the government’s heroin campaign was controversial – 1986 Don’t inject AIDS The government’s £5 million anti-AIDS media campaign – 1987 The fad that refuses to fade – Solvent misuse in Britain – 1990 ‘The last place I would go’…
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Druglink article 1992 – Responding to recreational drug use by Peter McDermott, Alan Matthews and Andrew Bennett
Outreach interventions developed to reach injectors are inappropriate in noisy nightclubs whose customers are there for fun, not counselling. Drug information workers in Mersey instead devised a campaign drawing on the images, materials and distribution mechanisms associated with club culture…
Druglink article 1992 – A guide to working with schools by Robin Burgess
Requests for help from schools reacting to a drug-related incident can be an opportunity for drug agencies to establish constructive procedures that avoid stigmatising pupils but make help available to those who needs it. Involving all parties from the LEA…
Druglink article 1992 – The state of the market by Peter Mason
The purchaser-provider split is meant to open the health market to independent (private and voluntary) but this movement is hampered by confusion between health and social care costs and by ‘steady state’ policies which favour NHS units. Fixed payment contracts…
Druglink article 1992 – Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems
Increasing numbers of young people are contacting drug agencies worried about the effects and long term consequences of taking ecstasy. Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems (PDF)
Druglinks from 1992
January / February 7(1) (PDF) March / April 7(2) (PDF) May / June 7(3) (PDF) July / August 7(4) (PDF) September / October 7(5) (PDF) November / December 7(6) (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Beyond opiates… and into the 90s by Mark Gilman
The Lifeline Project in Manchester identified a new group of potential clients among young people attending rave dance venues using a range of drugs including ecstasy, LSD and amphetamine. A cartoon leaflet series was tailor made to attract this group.…
Druglink article 1991 – Abby, the ecstasy dealer by Nicholas Dorn, Karim Murji and Nigel South
Research involving interviewing drug traffickers and police was used to construct a rough typology of UK trafficking firms as a means of organising the research data. ‘Abby’ – a former ecstasy dealer – fits into the ‘Trading Charities’ type. Not…
Druglink article 1991 – Into the Pleasuredome… by Andrew Fraser, Laura Gamble and Peter Kennett
The ‘Pleasuredome’ is Brighton’s central entertainment area with young people’s clubs, pubs and music venues. An open drug market developed involving cannabis, LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines. Use of these drugs became part of the area’s youth leisure culture and casualties…
Druglink article 1991 – “Everything starts with an ‘E'” with Peanut Pete
An introduction to ecstasy use by young people in Britain “Everything starts with an ‘E’” (PDF)