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…
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Druglink article 2004 – Being human: addiction as a catalyst by William Pryor
Great great grandson of Charles Darwin and one time heroin addict, William Pryor, argues that, whatever it is, addiction is not an illness and can be a catalyst in the search for what it is to be truly human. Overleaf,…
Druglink article 2010 – My drug hell by Diane Taylor
So-called ‘misery memoirs’ have become a popular genre with the British book-buying public. And tales of drug torment make up a significant slice of this market. But what purpose do they serve? My drug hell (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Love conquers hate by Harry Shapiro
One woman’s struggle to come in from a cocaine blizzard to the shelter of recovery. On a day to day basis, Grace was brought up by her grandmother; her mother was out working and she never knew her dad as a child. But her experiences…
Druglink article 2004 – A DTTO changed my life
How being put on a treatment and testing order led one drug using offender out of crime and addiction. A DTTO changed my life (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – More than skin deep by Lena Corner
When Ben Ashmore decided surgery was he only way left to kick a heroin problem, he recorded his experiences in a weekly diary. Lena Corner was given exclusive access to the ups and downs of life with a naltrexone implant.…
Druglink article 2003 – Mothers-in-arms: two women, one problem by Harry Shapiro
Harry Shapiro and the Face It project talk to two women with shared experiences of their children using drugs Mothers-in-arms: two women, one problem (PDF) Additional keywords: families / travellers
Druglink article 2012 – ‘Drone strikes by Max Daly
Despite the 2010 ban on mephedrone, drug services are seeing increasing numbers of people coming forward to report serious problems with the drug. Mephedrone, known variously as mcat,bubble and fert is a powerful stimulant whose use appeared to dip after being controlled as a…
Druglink article 2000 – Regaining lost youth: youth workers success with drug users by John Bradshaw
The broad, comprehensive approach of Leeds City Council youth workers developed relationships with socially excluded young people that drug workers find difficult to establish. Regaining lost youth: youth workers success with drug users (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – New age austerity highs by Steve Wakeman and Toby Seddon
In the 1980s heroin use rocketed alongside spiralling deprivation. So why, now we have returned to an era of austerity, is heroin use falling? New age austerity highs (PDF) Additional keywords: Prebagabalin