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Druglink article 2006 – The Susurluk legacy by Adrian Gatton
Ten years ago, a horrific car accident grimly illuminated how Turkish state officials colluded with drug barons to traffic drugs into Europe and Britain. Adrian Gatton investigates how corrupton has smoothed the path of heroin from Afghanistan into UK The…
Druglink factsheet 2006 – Police powers and drugs 2
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Druglink article 2006 – Frontline tactics by Diane Taylor
The 1981 Brixton riots were fuelled by relentless stop and searches on black people by police looking for cannabis. Now, 25 years later, are officers still unfairly targeting ethnic minorities on the streets? Frontline tactics (PDF) Additional keywords: race
Druglink article 2006 – Crack’s in the granite by Max Daly
Police and drug workers in Aberdeen are facing an uphill struggle to deal with a rising crack problem. Max Daly on why the Granite City has become Scotland’s crack capital and how the drug has left treatment services struggling to…
Druglink news item 2006 – Revealed: the inside story of drugs in prison by Max Daly
Drugs are coming into jails in babies’ clothing, through the post and in bodily orifices. Max Daly on Britain’s thriving prison drug markets Revealed: the inside story of drugs in prison (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Rough justice by Daren Garratt
Inmates sharing syringes have made prisons a high-risk environment for HIV and other blood-borne viruses. So why, asks Daren Garratt, are the interests of harm reduction so poorly served in our jails. Rough justice (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Testing times by Max Daly
Backed by Tony Blair on the basis of US evidence, the Abbey School became the first state school in Britain to randomnly drug test its pupils. Max Daly investigates what really happened in the US and the problems facing schools…
Druglink article 2005 – Waiting for the man by Al Morgan
The image of the neighbourhood drug dealer as a man with a hood and dark glasses hanging outside the school gates is as outdated as that of soccer yobs with shaved heads and bovver boots. Drug squad officer Al Morgan…
Druglink article 2005 – A dealer’s tale by Diane Taylor
Crack and heroin seller Mark was earning more than a top lawyer, but the toll the drugs were taking on his customers proved too much to take. In an exclusive interview he tells Diane Taylor about his life as a…