During its short tenure as a centre for drug dealing, the existence of the ‘pool hall’ in central London had some beneficial side-effects for police, dealers, users and welfare workers alike Benefits of the ‘pool hall’ (PDF)
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Druglink article 1986 – Drugs: A family problem? by Tom Aldridge
Tom Aldridge shares his experience of social work with families in a drug dependency unit. Drugs – a family problem?
Druglink article 1986 – Doctors at war by Mike Ashton
Should doctors be allowed to prescribe whatever drugs in whatever quantities they think best? Or should the government ban all but ‘experts’ from the minefield of prescribing addictive drugs to drug addicts? Mike Ashton looks at the arguments, events and…
Druglink article 1986 – Heroin in Britain
In this Druglink briefing from 1986, ISDD pulled together what was known about heroin use in the UK at the time, including prevalence, effects and consequences. Heroin in Britain (PDF)
Druglinks from 1986
May/June 1(1) (PDF) July/August 1(2) (PDF) September/October 1(3) (PDF) November/December 1(4) (PDF)
Coke in the UK
Coke in the UK (PDF)
Druglinks from 2010
Cocaine dossier (PDF) In this special dossier, we bring together some of our key investigations and feature stories on cocaine, including the first reporting of a two-tier market in the drug and the spread of its use to blue collar…
2013
Druglink issues from 2013 January / February 28(1) (PDF) March / April 28(2) 2013 (PDF) May / June 28(3) 2013 (PDF) July / August 28(4) (PDF) September / October 28(5) (PDF) November / December 28(6) (PDF) Druglink…
Druglink in 2015
In 2015 Druglink changed format to become a website. Below are the articles published before DrugScope closed in March 2015: Further down a stony road: reporting on the 2014 Street Drugs Trend Survey; Love me tender: the state of the…
Druglink issues for 2014
The last two editions of Druglink to be published in magazine form took a look at the UK drug scene as represented by articles from the magazine going back to its early days. Featured in each of these issues was…