Crack and heroin seller Mark was earning more than a top lawyer, but the toll the drugs were taking on his customers proved too much to take. In an exclusive interview he tells Diane Taylor about his life as a…
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Druglink article 2005 – Remote control by Steve Sampson
Sparked by the double murder of two teenage girls, the run-down Birmingham suburb of Aston became the most watched corner of Britain. In the second of our drugs.uk series, Steve Sampson reveals the tactics and impact of an unprecedented drive…
Druglink article 2005 – Rogue traders by Sam Hart
Smuggled in under the guise of kisses, oranges and even eggs, drugs are an inevitable part of life in British jails. Sam Hart on the inside story of the drug trade in prisons. Rogue traders (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Drug wars at the chalk face by Blaine Stothard
Tactics used by schools to warn of the dangers of drugs have veered from ‘Just Say No’ in the 1980s to Blueprint in 2004. Blaine Stothard examines the history of changing trends in drug education. Drug wars at the chalk face…
Druglink article 2004 – The professionals: the journey from DIY to DANOS by Peter Martin
Voluntary sector have come a long way from the days of enthusiastic amateurs dispensing tea and talk. Peter Martin maps out the long and winding road to the land of professionalism, performance and partnership The professionals: the journey from DIY…
Druglink article 2004 – From cauliflower cheese to methadone by Mark Gilman
Treating problem drug users has become a multi-million pound, red-tape laden industry. This was not always so. Mark Gilman explains how treatment services have been forced to adapt to cope with dramatic changes in the causes and characteristics of drug…
Druglink article 2004 – More, better and fairer: the state of the notion by Sara McGrail
In a hard-hitting analysis, Sara McGrail, former Assistant Director of Programme Implementation at the NTA, explores the extent to which the NTA’s mission statement delivers to the treatment and crime aims of the National Drugs Strategy and makes the case…
Druglink article 2004 – Echoes from the street by Max Daly
The 1970s era of female dealers, DIY harm reduction and the baton-wielding Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a very different one to the pizza-style deliveries, labyrinthine drug services and violence of 21st century drug culture. Max Daly talks to Rick…
Druglink article 2004 – The ticket that exploded by Marcus Roberts
Taking drugs in the 1960s and 1970s was supposed to be about opening doors of perception. But, says Marcus Roberts, this was always a delusion, and when the doors didn’t open, recreational drug use became just another aspect of the…
Druglink article 2004 – 2034: a spaced odyssey by Max Daly
A menu of drug buzzes at the touch of a button, heroin highs without lows and MDMA for the terminally ill. Max Daly asks three drugs and science experts (Gerry Stimson, Tony Dickenson and Rick Doblin) to think outside the box…