Half the drug injectors at Roy Robertson’s practice in the early 1980s were HIV positive, showing Edinburgh to be one of Europe’s Aids black spots but he believes a panic policy shift back to prescribing is no way to counter…
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Druglink article 1987 – The prescribing debate by John Strang
Until recently most doctors were moving quietly away from the long-term ‘maintenance’ prescribing of the ’60s, but disputes within the medical profession and the need to counter the spread of AIDS have brought the prescribing issue back on the policy…
Druglink article 1987 – Preparing for the birth by Patricia Kearney
At a London hospital, obstetric and dependence teams have cooperated to offer a non-threatening ‘package deal’ to pregnant drug users. Preparing for the birth (PDF) Pregnancy
Druglink article 1987 – The pregnant addict by Annas Dixon
Pregnancy in a drug taker puts at least three people at risk: the baby, the mother – and the social worker, at risk of personal distress and public infamy if leaving the child with the mother goes wrong; at risk…
Druglink article 1987 – Aids groups and drugs by Bill Nelles
Drug agencies are apprehensive and unsure about dealing with AIDS; Aids agencies are unsure how to deal with drug users. Bill Nelles, who has had a foot in both camps, believes cooperation is urgently required if drug users are not…
Druglink article 1987 – Drugs and rock by Harry Shapiro
Politicians say they should set an example, but are rock and pop stars good, bad or indifferent in their influence on drug taking? Harry Shapiro surveys the myths and the facts and asks – Who gains from associating popular music…
Druglink article 1987 – Dependence on tranquillisers by Malcolm Lader
Some say it’s worse than coming off heroin, other’s that it’s nearly ‘all in the mind’ – an example of the myths and confusion surrounding withdrawal from benzodiazepine tranquillisers, the most widely prescribed drugs in the world. One of Britain’s…
Druglink article 1987 – Drug wars by President Reagan and Alexander Vlasov
Last October, President Reagan signed the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, describing it as a ‘major victory in our crusade against drugs.’ For Reagan the aim was to achieve ‘nothing less than a drug-free generation’ a contrast to the more modest…
Druglink article 1987 – Minimisation of harm, a u-curve theory by Nicholas Dorn
U curves have a long and questionable history in addiction studies. They were traditionally used to illustrate the decline and reform of alcoholics and drug addicts. Nicholas Dorn steals the U-curve and applies it in an entirely new way, reaching…
Druglink article 1987 – Assessing prevalence by Joy Mott
How much of it is there and what it is like? ‘Simple’ questions about drug misuse/problems with no simple answers. Joy Mott maps out the options for finding answers and discusses the pros and cons Assessing prevalence (PDF)