This article deals with the procedure after the police find what they believe is evidence of a drugs offence, charge the subject and the case goes to court. Going to court (PDF)
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Druglink article 1991 – Drug and alcohol users: common needs, common services by Peter Abel, Andrew McBride
Last year a Welsh Office circular encouraged integration of services for drug and alcohol users. There are fears this could be a cost-cutting exercise and that drug users’ needs will be overwhelmed by the influx of alcohol-using clients. But clients…
Druglink article 1991 – Could do better – an evaluation of drug education by Niall Coggins, David Shewan, Marion Henderson and John B. Davies
A government-funded evaluation of drug education in Scotland surveyed a quarter of mainstream secondary schools and nearly 1200 pupils. Packs aiming to improve decision-making skills were the dominant form of drug education. The study found drug education had no effect…
Druglink article 1991 – Drug advisory committees in practice: Disjointed communication by Peter Baker
Drug advisory committees were established 1985 to coordinate local drug services, but without some of the elements originally recommended by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs. In practice the committees work well as information-sharing forums but frequently fail…
Druglink article 1991 – The other virus: hepatitis explained by John Strang and Michael Farrell
Hepatitis is an infection and inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis B is the most important strain in drug users. About 1 in 20 of those infected develop chronic disease with a high risk of cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis B…
Druglink article 1991 – Drug politics in Liverpool: a personal account by Allan Parry
Part one of this two part account described how in the early 80s the Militant-dominated Liverpool City Council adopted a populist ‘war on drugs’ stance to gain support for its confrontation with the Conservative government. Until then seen by his…
Druglink article 1991 – Detention and questioning by Jane Goodsir
Guidelines for drug users and drug workers. Detention and questioning (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Supply and demand: lessons from Poland by Peggy Watson
The recent history of opiate use in Poland provides a ‘natural experiment’ which can help disentangle the relative contributions made by supply and demand forces to levels of drug use. In Poland demand first developed in the absence of supply…
Druglink article 1991 – Falling through the middle by Mainliners Ltd
Can HIV or drug agencies meet the needs of those at the sharp end of both problems – HIV positive drug users Falling through the middle (PDF) Additional keywords: stigma
Druglink article 1991 – Out on your own:making solo outreach work by Keith Bolton and Sue Selleck
An account is given of the tactics used to increase the effectiveness of drugs outreach work in an area with only a single employed outreach worker. Although reassuring for the worker, too close an association with office-based services was counter-productive and…