The question of when drug workers should pass information to the police, and when they should not, has been brought into stark relief by the ‘Winter comfort’ case Grassing up: all the dope (PDF)
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Druglink supplement 2000 – ACMD Prevention working group: Reducing drug-related deaths
This summary highlights the key themes, findings and recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drug’s report on reducing the rising tide of drug related deaths. ACMD Prevention working group: Reducing drug-related deaths (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Captive courses: inside intervention by James Hodgkinson
Research from The Mount prison indicates that group programmes for inmates help with issues of abstinence, harm reduction and other effect of drug use. Captive courses: inside intervention (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2000 – Patient prisoners: care in custody by Jayne McKeown
Health care at Buckley Hall has been used by the chief Inspector of Prisons as an example of good practice, understanding and openness, particularly in the field of hepatitis C treatment. Patient prisoners: care in custody (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Hard Labour: Blair warfare by Gerry Stimson
New Labour’s law, order and cpntrol agenda is cutting a swathe through public sector working practices. the drugs field is not immune Hard Labour: Blair warfare (PDF) Additional keywords: compulsory treatment
Druglink obituary 2000 – Roger Lewis
Roger lewis, one of the best-known, respected and loved figures in the drugs field over the last three decades, has died aged 56. Druglink obituary – Roger Lewis (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Alive and kicking in doors by Geoff Monaghan
Geoff Monaghan challenges the view that drug law enforcement is dead in the water. I was interested to read Matthew Bacon’s thought-provoking article Endangered species (Druglink January/February 2013) concerning the “decline in the number of drug squads and the deprioritisation of drug law enforcement” in Britain. The…
Druglink article 2013 – People power by Mark Gilman
Mark Gilman argues that being part of a social network should not be regarded an optional extra for the recovering addict. It could be a matter of life and death. People power (PDF) Additional keywords: social relationships / recovery communities
Druglink article 2013 – The evidence debate by Tim Leighton and Ed Day
The Cochrane Collaboration, now twenty years old, conducts systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of health-care interventions. But how relevant is the RCT to the addictions field? RCT is on trial here with Tim Leighton and Ed Day. The evidence debate (PDF) Additional…