In the second of his two-part article on Danish drug policy, Blaine Stothard looks at the provision and amenities for active drug users in Copenhagen The respect agenda (PDF)
Tag Archive for harm reduction
Druglink article 2002 – The vein in Spain: viability of safe injecting rooms by Andy Malinowski
Many countries are piloting a harm reduction initiative pioneered in Britain. Thirty years on and the UK is now resistant to the idea of safe injecting rooms. Andy Malinowski looks at the various systems around the world and asks ‘do…
Druglink article 2002 – Thinking inside the box: designing information for homeless drug injectors by Mike Linnell
Lifeline is best known, damned and praised for its publications. The design process always starts with talking to the target audience and then carries on talking to them right through to the end product. Mike Linnell describes Lifeline’s latest and…
Druglink article 2002 – Dissolving drugs: harm reduction in a sachet? by Jon Derricott and Andrew Preston
In October 2001 the authors began producing and selling single use sachets of citric acid for injecting drug users. Here they explain why they did it, their experiences to date and some of the issues that remain in the supply…
Druglink interview 2012 – Noreen Oliver
Regarded as a standard bearer for residential rehab and seen as an unapologetic advocate of abstinence based treatment, nevertheless Noreen Oliver has been making a significant contribution to building bridges across the ever-fractious drug treatment sector. Interview – Noreen Oliver (PDF)
Druglink news analysis 2012 – Alcohol strategy: fizzy or flat? by David Ader
Governments often use Friday afternoons to push through initiatives when fewer MPs are in the House. Presumably, the alcohol strategy qualified because of the controversial decision to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol. What isn’t debatable however, is that the UK has an unhealthy…
Druglink article 2012 – Beg to differ by Mike Ashton
After chairing a debate last year between Stanton Peele and Neil McKeganey, Mike Ashton concludes that the evidence-base cannot settle the harm reduction/abstinence argument. Beg to differ (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – Needle in a haystack: rural injecting by Noel Craine, Mark Walker, Tom Carnwath and Hilary Klee
Safer injecting in rural areas is not easy; geography, local businesses and the closeness of communities can all cause problems. Needle in a haystack: rural injecting (PDF) Additional keywords: needle exchange
Druglink article 2012 – Raising the bar by Gary Ward
Gary Ward takes a look at how one local authority tackled the problem of repeated alcohol-related hospital admissions. Raising the bar (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Foiled again by Max Daly
Government still dragging its feet over foil. On the 10th November 2010, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) submitted a detailed report to the Home Secretary Theresa May on the provision of foil as a harm reduction intervention for drug services. It recommended…