In the first Druglink of 1996, an article claimed that methadone had a death rate four times that of heroin. If this is true, the drug field’s response to heroin addiction urgently needs to be reconsidered. However, a brief analysis…
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Druglink article 1996 – The better-travelled treatment tourist: service overlap among heroin and cocaine users by John Strang, Michael Gossop, Beverly Powis and Paul Griffiths
In the last decade, there has been an unprecedented growth in the number and diversity of drug services. Needle / syringe exchanges and street agencies now provide services alongside the more traditional drug clinics. Interviews with community samples of 408…
Druglink article 1996 – Heroin in the ’90s from A to B by Harry Shapiro
The first Druglink in May 1986 looked at the heroin situation in Britain. In this, our tenth anniversary issue, we revisit the drug and its new found publicity through Trainspotting and ask the question ” is smack back – or…
Druglink article 1996 – Live and let die – Is methadone more likely to kill you than heroin? by Russell Newcombe
This article focuses on evidence about opiate-related deaths. More specifically, it examines the statistics for methadone related deaths and compares them with those for heroin. The question posed is, what are the relative mortality risks of using methadone compared to…
Druglink article 1995 – Forbidden pleasures: drugs and sexual desire by Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk
In some drug taking circles taking drugs is thought to enhance sex and sex is thought to enhance drug effects. Interviews with 96 opiate or stimulant users revealed that many of these drugs did not live up to expectations. Drug users…
Druglink article 1995 – Is there really a London connection? by Andrew Johns
The case for the defence in the exchange of views between Dr John Marks of Widnes and London’s drug dependence specialists, accused by him of killing the British system. Is there really a London connection? (PDF)
Druglink article 1995 – A personal account by Bing Spear
For decades Britain’s most respected drugs official, in retirement ‘Bing’ Spear became a powerful critic of current ,medical and government policy. This is his last public statement, made on his behalf shortly before his death on 9th July. It reveals…
Druglink article 1995 – Who killed the British system? by John Marks
Forced through the health services market to close his drug dependence clinic, John Marks fires his parting shot at the doctors he accuses of having dismantled the ‘British system’ Who killed the British system? (PDF) Additional keywords: heroin prescribing /…
Druglink article 1995 – Drug user lifestyles and peer education by Robert Power, Steve Jones, Gerry Kearns, Jenni Ward
Research among heroin, cocaine and amphetamine users in three areas showed how peer education and outreach can build on informal risk-reduction strategies. Only by understanding these can services dovetail with drug scenes and with the lifestyles of those they target.…
Druglink article 1994 – The cost of heroin-related crime by Oswin Baker
New light on the key issue in the political debate over drug policy. The cost of heroin-related crime (PDF)