Bold new laws introduced in Ireland to tackle legal highs and NPS dramatically cut the number of head shops. But the country’s drug users merely switched substances or modes of supply. Tim Bingham reports. Internationally, there has been a lot of interest in…
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Druglink article 2014 – Disunited nations by Max Daly
Behind the scenes at the UN’s latest drug summit, frantic negotiations took place in order to acknowledge the changing nature of the drug debate. But as Max Daly discovered in Vienna, all the world could do was agree to disagree. Disunited nations (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Talking the talk: the drug worker and ‘anti-language’ by Gerry Rice, Joanne M. Smith and Terry Thomas
The colloquial or slang language used by drug users is very much taken for granted by drug workers. Those working with drug users have also taken up this language. But is there more to this than the understandable need to…
Druglink article 1999 – Hit or miss? by Jude
For a creative environment where you need to earn a living, it doesn’t come much tougher than the music business. Jude describes fighting the demons in your head and across the studio floor. Hit or miss? (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Encouraging take-up of condoms by Paul Berry
In the interests of personal health, drug users have been more than ready to accept clean injecting equipment from drug agencies, and also talk in explicit details about injecting techniques. But trying to get them to talk about safe sex…
Druglink factsheet 1999 – Jargon
Common acronyms in the drug field explained Factsheet Jargon (PDF)
Druglink article 1999 – Getting the point across: a cheap, effective, brief intervention to reduce injecting by Neil Hunt, Garry Stillwell and Paul Griffiths
Since the 1980s, targeted interventions with injecting drug users have largely involved secondary prevention strategies intended to reduce the risk of HIV and make injecting less harmful, rather than primary prevention work that reduces the numbers transitioning to injecting. The…
Druglink article 1999 – Life in the slow lane: are we serious about services for stimulant users? by Tim Bottomley
It is perhaps not surprising given client demand and government policy, that most statutory drug services still carry caseloads weighted heavily towards opiate users offering little else other than needle exchange for stimulant users. Any other from of intervention has…
Druglink interview 1999 – Mike Trace urges drug field to think ahead by Harry Shapiro
In an exclusive interview Mike Trace, the UK deputy anti-drugs coordinator has expressed his concerns that the drug field is not geared up for the expansion promised by the extra money coming from the Comprehensive Spending Review Mike Trace urges…
Druglink news item 1999 – New ‘Orange’ guidelines: care or control?
GPs routinely involved in the care of drug users have given a qualified welcome to the newly-revised DoH guidelines on the clinical management of drug dependency. New ‘Orange’ guidelines: care or control? (PDF)