A series of three recent papers in The Lancet summarised the findings of a six year project published as ‘Drug Policy and the Public Good’ published in 2010. John Strang was part of that project and here we discuss the general process of gathering and reviewing…
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Druglink article 2013 – White riot by Max Daly
When Millwall fans started punching anyone in sight at an FA Cup game being shown live on TV, it reignited memories of the hooligan blighted days of yesteryear. Max Daly on how the rise of cocaine is fuelling a new breed of football…
Druglink article 2013 – The Work-work balance by Paul Anders
Since its introduction in mid-2011, the Department for Work and Pensions flagship Work Programme (WP) has come in for widespread criticism. Paul Anders looks at the WP in detail, and considers its relevance for the drug and alcohol sector. The work-work balance (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Blood sample by Max Daly
There are too many barriers to treatment for marginalized people with hepatitis C. But a new report outlines some key measures to ensure London’s burgeoning HCV population receive the best help possible. Blood sample (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – PMA implicated in ecstasy deaths by Mike Power
At least five users in the north-west of England have died after ingesting PMA – sold as ecstasy pills. PMA implicated in ecstasy deaths (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Poppy daze by Harry Shapiro
Media interpretation of the implications of the current bumper opium crop in Afghanistan is flawed. Poppy daze (PDF)
Druglink obituary 2013 – Steve Abrams
Steve completed his psychology degree at his home town University of Chicago in 1957 and moved to the UK in 1960 to undertake a doctorate at Oxford University part-funded by the Human Ecology Fund. This turned out to be a CIA front organisation, itself secretly…
Druglink obituary 2013 – Geoffrey Pearson
Geoff Pearson was born in Manchester, and educated at Accrington Grammar School and Peterhouse College Cambridge and the LSE, and after working as a psychiatric social worker, Geoff before commencing his academic career. His first major publication “The Deviant Imagination” (1974), confronted and unpacked a wide…
Druglink article 2000 – Positive peer pressure: Youth counsel youth by Lis Heath and John Heath
The best people to talk to young people about drugs and / or alcohol could be other trained young people Positive peer pressure: Youth counsel youth (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Law-law not war-war: National laws and international obligations by Nicholas Dorn
Research for the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, discovered that within the big three international drugs conventions there is room for manoeuvre for national drug laws. We don’t all have to have the same laws or…