The law reform lobby has been revitalised in the nineties supported by elements within the body politic, the media, medicine, the police and the judiciary and an unknown but growing proportion of the public. However, most governments, international agencies –…
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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 1998 – Asking around: changing a service from the inside – on the inside by Mary Anne McFarlane and Anne Thomson
Everybody seems to be using them, from politicians to pet food manufacturers. But how can focus groups help a drug agency? Step forward, qualitative research and ground-floor user consultation Asking around: changing a service from the inside – on the…
Druglink article 1998 – Looking for clues – does the strategy stand up to scrutiny? by Roger Paxton
With Tackling Drugs Together up for renewal, it’s about time to look at the evidence for the original’s aims and objectives. For, without evidence, it is unlikely that any policy – let alone a strategy – will get off the…
Druglink article 1998 – Czar czar galore by Oswin Baker
They’ve effectively been in post for three months and even the most hardened cynics have their wishlists for them to tackle. But what exactly does it mean to be UK Anti-Drugs Coordinator or his deputy? What do Keith Hellawell and…
Druglink article 1997 – A new kind of user – a new kind of service? by Margaret Woolgrove and Jan Keene
This paper presents the results of an in-depth qualitative study of senior managers and practitioners in social services, health, youth work and the criminal justice service. The respondents high-lighted concerns about drug users who they felt were not in contact…
Druglink article 1997 – Making sense of intelligence by Nicholas Dorn
Responding to Men in Black, ISDD’s Nicholas Dorn says that integrating the voices of the intelligence agencies into the formation of a UK drug strategy will be a challenge and an opportunity for the new Drug Czar. Making sense of…
Druglink article 1997 – Men in black by Gerry Rice and Terry Thomas
Britain’s intelligence services are now involved in the ‘war on drugs’ to an unprecedented degree. This has led to tensions with the police and the National Criminal Intelligence Service, despite the partnership which the 1996 Security Service Act formalised. Behind…
Druglink article 1997 – A shattered peace: heroin, market forces and the war in Yugoslavia by Roger Lewis
With the first convicted war criminal in Europe for fifty years now behind bars, it is time to review the impact that the Yugoslav war has had on the infamous ‘Balkan route’. Did the war smother the heroin trade, or…
Druglink article 1997 – Shoot-out in Germany: Prisons take charge by Jacob Jutta and Heino Stover
The number of injecting drug users is rapidly reaching crisis proportions in German prisons Shoot-out in Germany: Prisons take charge (PDF)