Sarah Campbell, a teenager with a history of heroin use, clinical depression and a victim of child sex abuse, died in the last place she should have been – jail. To mark the launch of our Using Women campaign, Max…
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Druglink article 2003 – Blacklisted: race, drugs and crime by Anita Kalunta-Crumpton
Latest Home Office figures reveal that the percentage of black people jailed for drug offences has soared from 18% of the total in 1998 to 30% in 2002. Blacklisted: race, drugs and crime (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – License to swill by Rebecca Lees
Cardiff’s binge-drinking culture has been the focus of a wave of unwelcome press attention recently. Rebecca Lees looks at the role the city’s licensing regulations are playing in the battle with cheap alcohol. License to swill (PDF) Additional keywords: Minimum unit price
Druglink article 2011 – Drink Problem by Sean Duggan
A new report by the Centre for Mental Health warns that despite dwarfing the illicit drug problem, there is scant provision for the treatment of alcohol abusing offenders. Sean Duggan on an imbalance that needs urgent attention. Drink Problem (PDF) Additional keywords: prisons…
Druglink article 2012 – Birth of the Narco-state by Andrew Craig
In Ghana, greater self-sufficiency, improvements in health care and a reduction in poverty have all contributed to its stability over the last 20 years. However, the result of the national election to be held in December 2012 has the potential to destroy these…
Druglink article 2012 – Wash day by Euan Grant
To paraphrase The Wire, if you just go after the drugs, all you get is drugs; chase the money and you never know where it may lead. But with HSBC the latest bank to be embroiled in a drug money scandal, how effective…
Druglink article 2003 – Home rule by Harry Shapiro
With the Home Office in the driving seat of UK drug policy, the updated drug strategy firmly anchors drugs as a law and order issue. Home rule (PDF)
Druglink article 2002 – Wrestling with merger: DATs and CDRPs by Jim McManus
Some agencies find it difficult to even speak to one another, let alone work in partnership. It is hardly surprising therefore, observes Jim McManus, that the impetus to merge Crime and Disorder Partnerships with Drug Action Teams evokes emotions from…
Druglink article 2002 – Prisoners’ families – a help or a hindrance by Karen Armstrong
Research shows that involving families can reduce family health problems and improve the impact of drugs education. Why, therefore asks Karen Armstrong, do some prison-based services perceive family involvement as hugely beneficial or even essential, while others find it irritating…
Druglink article 2002 – Inside out – breaking the cycle of prison and rough sleeping by Andy Lockhart
When rough sleeper clients are released from short sentences, they are often back to square one and back on the streets. Andy Lockhart and his team of outreach workers did something about it. Inside out – breaking the cycle of…