With up to 20,000 drug misusers imprisoned each year, there is reason to believe that sexual and injection-related HIV spread in British prisons is a serious problem. However, the authorities face strong staff resistance and severe resource problems in providing…
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Druglink article 1990 – This is Britain, buddy
Is Britain just a time-lagged version of the USA? That was the major debating point at London’s crack conference. This is Britain, buddy (PDF)
Druglink article 1990 – Sentenced to get better by Philip Haynes
Government proposals will force courts and drug agencies to work closer together. The opportunities are great but so are the risks. Sentenced to get better (PDF) Additional keywords: courts / sentencing / alternatives to custody / alternatives to prison /…
Druglink article 1989 – Crack stories from the States
What US agent Stutman told Britain’s chief constables about crack ‘scared the hell’ out of them. It also alarmed the Home Secretary and was uncritically regurgitated in lurid tabloid news splashes. Here’s part of what he said. Crack stories from…
Druglink article 1989 – Crime and compulsory treatment by Bruce Johnson
Interviewed recently for Druglink, one of America’s most respected authorities on the workings of the drug market says the division between treating drug dependence and punishing offences has to end. In Britain too, the trend is towards treating rather than…
Druglink article 1988 – Going for the money by Jane Goodsir
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act in practice. As the first cases under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act come to court, it’s becoming clear that a wide circle of the defendant’s contacts may be affected. Going for the money (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Cocaine arrives as heroin recedes
Home Office statistics suggest the late 1980’s may be a turning point for both heroin and cocaine use in the UK, though there are fears the drop in heroin statistics may be a temporary lull as hard-hit traffickers re-group. Cocaine…
Druglink article 1988 – Why not work in prison? by Mike Trace
Last year an important Home Office policy statement helped open the way for drug services to work in prisons. Just one agency in Britain specialises in this work. Its coordinator argues that prison or the threat of prison creates intervention…
Druglink article 1987 – A cocaine explosion by Colin Hewitt
In January cocaine worth £6 million was seized in Essex and politicians renewed warnings that surplus South American cocaine was set to cause a ‘cocaine explosion’ in Britain. But the UK’s top police drugs investigator believes our defences can withstand…
Druglink article 1986 – Soft sell-hard cell by Liz Jagger
Prevention policy in Scotland is both softer and harder than in England and Wales. The mass media campaign is softer, focusing on social issues and positive lifestyles rather than on the effects of heroin. But drug enforcement in Scotland is…