It was in 1981 that the link was first made in the USA between injecting drug use and the risk of contracting HIV, with the first UK drug-related infections reported in Scotland in 1983. From this was born the notion…
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Druglink article 2014 – 1986: The battle for the right to prescribe – Doctors at war by Mike Ashton
Through the 1970s, consultant psychiatrists in the NHS drug clinics had been moving away from prescribing any injectable drug to oral methadone – and also on a reducing dose basis. But there were still doctors in the community (both private…
Druglink article 2014 – 50 best drug books part 2 by Blaine Stothard and Harry Shapiro
A selection covering treatment, the drugs themselves, drug cultures and more… 50 best drug books part 2 (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – 2009: New psychoactive substances – Mephedrone: the future of drug dealing by Mike Power
Every so often the drug scene goes through paradigm shifts. Usually these are heralded by the arrival of a new drug or a new version of an established drug. So in the 1980s, it was smokeable heroin and cocaine, while…
Druglink article 2014 – 2007: Plant warfare by Max Daly
Druglink published one of the very early articles on cannabis farms in March 2007 written by Max Daly, then the Druglink editor and now a freelance journalist. It is reproduced below: Police are shutting down cannabis farms on a daily…
Druglink article 2014 – The politics of numbers by David Best, Teodora Groshkova & Paul McTague
There is a substantial evidence base, from a diverse range of studies conducted in a wide range of treatment settings across a number of countries, that would indicate that drug treatment ‘works’. Yet there continues to be disquiet about how…
Druglink article 2014 – New Model Army by Ian Wardle
New Model Army (PDF) The very concepts that glue together our drug treatment system are under attack for being too entrenched in medicine. Ian Wardle looks at the emerging challengers to a status quo that has dominated policy and practice for more…
Druglink article 2014 – 2008-2009 The Recovery Debate by Mike Ashton and Neil McKeganey
Around Guy Fawkes night in November 2007, a whole box of fireworks exploded in the face of the drug treatment system, when the BBC asserted that only 3% of those who went into treatment became ‘drug free’. There were arguments…
Druglink timeline 1995 – 2014 by Harry Shapiro and Geoff Monaghan
This timeline takes a look at the UK drugs scene from the mid 90s up til 2014. Druglink timeline 1995 – 2014 (PDF)
Druglink timeline 1960 – 1994 by Harry Shapiro and Geoff Monaghan
This timeline takes a look at the UK drugs scene from the swinging 60’s up until the mid 1990s. Druglink timeline 1960 – 1994 (PDF)