The suggestion that lower level drug dealers could avoid jail and that 50 bags of heroin is ‘very small’ has been met with predictable media outrage. Andy McNicoll reports on the ongoing, super-sensitive debate around drug thresholds. Thinking outside the bag (PDF)
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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 – Locking up our daughters by Max Daly
Sarah Campbell, a teenager with a history of heroin use, clinical depression and a victim of child sex abuse, died in the last place she should have been – jail. To mark the launch of our Using Women campaign, Max…
Druglink article 2011 – Kabul’s heroin injectors by Max Daly and Sandra Calligaro
A Paris-based human aid organisation is aiming to expand its drop-in centres by building a carpet factory, while Kabul’s injecting underclass are left to squat in the city’s underbelly. Opium amounts to half of Afghanistan’s GDP, employs 12 per cent of its citizens…
Druglink article 2011 – Crystal crescent by Matthew C. DuPée
Matthew C. DuPée on the spread of the methamphetamine trade in south west Asia. As the 21st century unfolds, Afghanistan finds itself in a profound socio-economic crisis. It is one in which the illegal drug trade and insurgency plays a very complex and important role. According…
Druglink article 2011 – The great heroin crash by Peter Simonson and Max Daly
A snapshot Druglink survey carried out among frontline drug services, senior DAT staff, police and service users in 18 towns and cities across the UK has found the heroin drought is widespread, ongoing and the most severe of its kind on record. Five month drought the longest…
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 2011 – Reality TV by Liz Blackender
Outreach worker Liz Blackender on how the offer of a pair of new trainers and a flash TV eventually persuaded Martin, a long-term heroin and alcohol user, to relinquish his life on the streets and get off drugs. Reality TV (PDF) Additional keywords: incentives
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 2003 – Upping the ante: getting the dose right for pregnant drug users by Chris Lofty
A pregnant woman on a methadone script tests negative for the drug. Obviously, she is selling it on. Or is she? Chris Lofty examines why some pregnant women are being refused methadone, when in fact they may need more. Upping…