Requests for help from schools reacting to a drug-related incident can be an opportunity for drug agencies to establish constructive procedures that avoid stigmatising pupils but make help available to those who needs it. Involving all parties from the LEA…
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Druglink article 1991 – Beyond opiates… and into the 90s by Mark Gilman
The Lifeline Project in Manchester identified a new group of potential clients among young people attending rave dance venues using a range of drugs including ecstasy, LSD and amphetamine. A cartoon leaflet series was tailor made to attract this group.…
Druglink article 1991 – Into the Pleasuredome… by Andrew Fraser, Laura Gamble and Peter Kennett
The ‘Pleasuredome’ is Brighton’s central entertainment area with young people’s clubs, pubs and music venues. An open drug market developed involving cannabis, LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines. Use of these drugs became part of the area’s youth leisure culture and casualties…
Druglink article 1991 – Could do better – an evaluation of drug education by Niall Coggins, David Shewan, Marion Henderson and John B. Davies
A government-funded evaluation of drug education in Scotland surveyed a quarter of mainstream secondary schools and nearly 1200 pupils. Packs aiming to improve decision-making skills were the dominant form of drug education. The study found drug education had no effect…
Druglink article 1990 – The medium is the message by Steve Cranfield, Marie Faire and Peter Gordon
Trainers aiming to train drug workers to have confidence in their own skills, to listen to and respond flexibly to their needs, and value their perceptions, should model these same qualities in their own training practice. This means adopting experiential…
Druglink article 1990 – Helping the sniffers by Richard Ives
Valid professional approaches to solvent misuse may range from doing nothing to in-depth individual counselling or family therapy and action in the local community or wider society. They are not mutually exclusive. Workers should carefully tailor their mix of responses…
Druglink article 1990 – Can local drug prevention ‘sizzle’ ? by Nicholas Dorn and Laura Gamble
The lessons of an innovative local drug prevention campaign. A drug prevention campaign in Brighton used local radio ads, a phonecard and other materials circulated through youth clubs to stimulate calls to an answering machine with a message on drugs.…
Druglink article 1990 – The politics of anti-drug campaigns by Tim Rhodes
Government anti-drugs campaigns have attempted to address non-users as well as users. But images and messages that successfully deter non-users may simply have alienated drug users, making them less responsive to official sources of help and information. The latest campaign…
Druglink article 1990 – The limits of intervention by Geoffrey Pearson, Mark Gilman and Paul Traynor
How travel sickness tablets forced workers to face the fact that sometimes there’s little you can do. The limits of intervention (PDF) Additional keywords: Cyclizine / Diconal / Temgesic / Scotland
Druglink article 1989 – Drug education in the primary school by Ron Greer
Why primary school drug education is needed and how it could be done. Sensitive to children’s existing drug knowledge and concerns is the key. Drug education in the primary school (PDF) Additional keywords: Primary prevention