Against the advice of the ACMD it now appears certain that the government will control steroids under the Misuse of Drugs Act as soon as the details can be worked out… Hogg set to ban steroids (PDF)
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Druglink article 1988 – Cocaine arrives as heroin recedes
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…
Druglink article 1988 – Groups for HIV positive drug users by Bill Nelles
Some drug users at risk of or with HIV/AIDS have been doubly let down: first by drug services; second by the gay self-help groups they turned to when the services failed to respond. Now groups are being formed by and…
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 – Syringe exchange 2: the clients by Gerry Stimson, Martin Donoghoe, Lindsay Alldritt and Kate Dolan
How far do syringe exchange scheme clients need to change to avoid the risk of HIV infection, and how difficult will it be to achieve these changes? By extension, the answers suggest the dimensions of the task facing Britain’s attempt to…
Druglink article 1988 – Syringe exchange: the Liverpool experience by Janette Carr and Steve Dalton
Mersey’s regional drug training and information centre runs one of the busiest syringe exchange schemes in Britain. Soon after opening, staff found they had to make controversial decisions about how far to go in making the scheme attractive to injectors and…
Druglink article 1988 – Syringe exchange 1 by Gerry Stimson, Kate Dolan, Martin Donoghoe and Lindsay Alldritt
Last June a government-funded project began evaluating the work of 15 syringe exchange schemes. The results will influence the fate of needle exchange schemes throughout Britain. This first report is about whether the schemes are working in ways that attract…
Druglink article 1988 – HIV top priority says official ACMD report
Government rejects call for more money to fight AIDS in drug users. This article also looks at what the ACMD report on Aids and Drug Misuse says and the government response to the report. HIV top priority says official ACMD…
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 1988 – Doctors turn to more addictive short-acting benzodiazepines
Figures recently released by the DHSS show that prescribing of the type of benzodiazepines most likely to cause dependence and lead to withdrawal problems has been increasing. Doctors turn to more addictive short-acting benzodiazepines (PDF)