An overview of the way drug problems are handled in Northern Ireland where all aspects of life have been influenced by the politics of violence and paramilitary organisations. United Action: Northern Ireland (PDF)
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Druglink article 2001 – Easy targets: hard drugs by Joan Smith
The USA has a history of problematic drug use back to the 19th century. Punishing users has failed so the US is now exporting castigation to producers. South America is becoming the whipping boy of drug-ravaged USA Easy targets: hard…
Druglink article 2013 – Endangered species by Matthew Bacon
While by no means extinct, the traditional drug squad officer is one of a dying breed. Matthew Bacon spent two years with two drug squads studying the changing landscape of drug law enforcement Endangered species (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Traffic targets: supply strategies by Nicholas Dorn
The UK spends more on drug enforcement than on demand reduction while knowing little about effectiveness. Could better understanding and greater effectiveness in anti – trafficking take pressure off drug users. Traffic targets: supply strategies (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Local action: what can be done? by Corrine Chamberlain, Nicholas Dorn and Barrie Douglas
Drug supply is not just an international issue, it is the concern of police forces and other members of Drug Action Teams, but what should their priorities be? Local action: what can be done? (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Zero tolerance: misreading results by Travis Wendel
Zero tolerance policing in New York City has been a model for others, but its success appears to be coincidental to other social and economic factors Zero tolerance: misreading results (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Grassing up: all the dope by Terry Thomas
The question of when drug workers should pass information to the police, and when they should not, has been brought into stark relief by the ‘Winter comfort’ case Grassing up: all the dope (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Captive courses: inside intervention by James Hodgkinson
Research from The Mount prison indicates that group programmes for inmates help with issues of abstinence, harm reduction and other effect of drug use. Captive courses: inside intervention (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2000 – Patient prisoners: care in custody by Jayne McKeown
Health care at Buckley Hall has been used by the chief Inspector of Prisons as an example of good practice, understanding and openness, particularly in the field of hepatitis C treatment. Patient prisoners: care in custody (PDF)