Home Office statistics suggest the late 1980’s may be a turning point for both heroin and cocaine use in the UK, though there are fears the drop in heroin statistics may be a temporary lull as hard-hit traffickers re-group. Cocaine…
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Druglink article 1988 – Taking care of business by Edward Preble and John Casey
In 1969 Preble and Casey’s classic account of the illicit heroin economy in New York broke through prevailing images of the addict as a passive loser to portray the ghetto user / hustler as an active achiever. At the time…
Druglink article 1988 – Joining the professionals by Mark Gilman
Adventure, challenge and an absorbing way of life – it’s not a recruitment ad for the army, but arguably the attraction of a heroin based lifestyle for thousands of unemployed young people in the pre 1990s, Are they addicted –…
Druglink article 1988 – When time falls apart by Geoffrey Pearson
In order to explore new dimensions of the relationship between heroin use and unemployment, it is helpful to forget about heroin for a moment and focus on the lives of the unemployed. When time falls apart (PDF) Additional keywords: unemployment…
Druglink article 1988 – Wheeling and dealing by Tom Aldridge
How local culture can influence the nature and spread of heroin use – sometimes tacitly encouraging, sometimes effectively resisting. Wheeling and dealing (PDF) Additional keywords: Drug subcultures, females, distribution
Druglink article 1987 – Substitution is not a solution by Raj Rathod
When clinics all around began long-term opiate prescribing, Doctor Rathod’s prescribed none at all. He still believes giving in to blackmail helps neither the addict nor society. Substitution is not a solution (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – Prescribe with caution by Thomas Bewley
Thirty five years treating alcohol and drug addiction have taught Dr Bewley caution and respect for research. Prescribe with caution (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – Don’t inject AIDS
Photos and words from the government’s £5 million anti-AIDS media campaign. Most ads appeared in youth specific media. Don’t inject AIDS (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Stabilise not criminalise by Ann Dally
Twice rebuked by her own profession’s disciplinary committee, Dr Ann Dally still forcefully argues the case for stabilisation treatment for long-term opiate addicts. Stabilise not criminalise (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – State rationed drugs by John Marks
John Marks’s acceptance of a role as purveyor of state-rationed opiates on a ‘maintenance’ basis to addicts determined to continue their addiction, contrasts sharply with anti-maintenance treatment trends elsewhere but he maintains better a live maintained addict than a dead…