Withdrawing from heroin is far from the titanic struggle of misery portrayed by the treatment industry. In his controversial new book, Romancing Opiates, Theodore Dalrymple insists drug addiction is a condition largely invented by users and doctors and that treatment…
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Druglink article 2006 – The Susurluk legacy by Adrian Gatton
Ten years ago, a horrific car accident grimly illuminated how Turkish state officials colluded with drug barons to traffic drugs into Europe and Britain. Adrian Gatton investigates how corrupton has smoothed the path of heroin from Afghanistan into UK The…
Druglink article 2006 – Rapid detox under fire by Sam Hart
With its use of a short, sharp bombardment of drugs on patients, rapid opiate detoxification – which sparked fierce debate when it was used to treat three opiate users for a reality TV show – is the heavy artillery of…
Druglink article 2006 – Iran opens up to opium reality by Max Daly and Maryam Ashrafi
Iran’s proximity to the world’s largest opium producer has created a spiralling drug and HIV problem. But, reports Max Daly, cultural qualms have been pushed aside in order to confront the grim reality. Iran opens up to opium reality (PDF)
Druglink news item 2005 – Wake up to take-home naloxone by Harry Shapiro
A change in medical law in June which allowed anybody to administer injectable naloxone will help save many lives. But why has it taken so long? Wake up to take-home naloxone (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Point Counterpoint: Drugs and morality by Neil McKeganey and Marcus Roberts
Professor Neil McKeganey argues that providing problem drug users with clean needles and clean heroin is a morally suspect act. But, says, Dr Marcus Roberts over the page, it is measures such as these that underpin morality in UK drug…
Druglink article 2005 – Picking up the pieces by Sam Hart
There has been a steep rise in the number of young people getting treatment for heroin and crack problems. But, as Sam Hart discovers, it’s because services have re-shaped themselves to deal with vulnerable children. Picking up the pieces (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Return of the dragon by Kelvin Chan
China has a long history of battling to keep drugs away from its citizens. But, as Kelvin Chan explains, even the threat of labour camps and execution have failed to prevent the return of large-scale heroin sue to Chan’s villages,…
Druglink article 2005 – A dealer’s tale by Diane Taylor
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…
Druglink article 2004 – Creation of an opium giant by Jason Burke
In 15 years, Afghanistan has become a global poppy farm, producing three quarters of the world’s opium. Jason Burke, chief reporter of the Observer, on a country that has become synonymous with the illegal heroin market Creation of an opium…