Assumptions are made about public attitudes to drugs and drug users by politicians and the media but how are accurate are they? What does the public really think about addiction and its treatment? (PDF)
Tag Archive for Druglink
Druglink article 2009 – The politics of recovery by Paul McTague
If problem drug users are to cut the virtual umbilical chord that often ties them into the drug treatment industry, it is time for a wholesale review of how the field sees its role in people’s recovery. The politics of…
Druglink article 2009 – Lives on the edge by Marcus Roberts
The links between drug addiction and suicide need to be recognised if lives are to be saved. Lives on the edge (PDF)
Druglink article 2009 – Damaged goods by Diane Taylor
When Diane Taylor was forced to intervene to help an Iranian asylum seeker in the throes of heroin addiction and on the brink of suicide, she was shocked at his treatment at the hands of our health system. Damaged goods…
Druglink article 2009 – Chemical reaction by Gibby Zobel
Twenty years ago this month, Britain woke up to news of the first death caused by the rave drug ecstasy in Manchester’s Hacienda club. Gibby Zobel, then an 18 year old local newspaper reporter who broke the story, looks at…
Druglink news item 2009 – Double Dutch by Eberhard Schatz
When a report into the effectiveness of UK drug policy held up the Netherlands as a shining example of the success of a zero tolerance approch, experts cross the North Sea were bemused. The author explains the reality of Dutch…
Druglink news item 2009 – GBL/GHB addiction cases emerge in UK by Max Daly
Doctors are warning of the emergence of an increasing number of people seeking help for severe physical addiction to the Class C liquid solvent GHB and its legal precursor GBL. GBL/GHB addiction cases emerge in UK (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2009 – Cannabis law update
On 29th January 2009 cannabis was upgraded from Class C to Class B of the Misuse of Drugs Act. This factsheet explains the changes and how they are likely to work in practice. Factsheet 2009 – Cannabis law update (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2009 – Travelling with drugs
The legal low-down. Travelling with drugs (PDF)
Druglink article 2009 – Early birds by Carlita McKnight
Prisoners serving short sentences for minor crimes are being let out early to ease chronic overcrowding in jails. But the policy is causing problems for services that help prison leavers with drug problems back into the community. Early birds (PDF)