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Druglink article 1986 – Soft sell-hard cell by Liz Jagger
Prevention policy in Scotland is both softer and harder than in England and Wales. The mass media campaign is softer, focusing on social issues and positive lifestyles rather than on the effects of heroin. But drug enforcement in Scotland is…
Druglink article 1986 – The rise and fall of the solvents panic by Richard Ives
In the ’60s it was amphetamine-aided mods and rockers clashes that outraged the nation. Similarly a moral panic over solvents spread through the UK from the mid ’70s and apparently faded in the ’80s, leaving a legacy of damaging misconceptions.…
Druglink article 1986 – Drug use in Europe by Richard Hartnoll
Richard Hartnoll places Britain’s drug problems in the context of recent trends and patterns in Europe. The message is we are not alone. Drug use in Europe (PDF)
Druglink article 1986 – Focus on amphetamines by Harry Shapiro
Once a drug of public concern as the 60’s mods went speeding on scooters and at all night parties, the amphetamines have recently been overshadowed by more newsworthy drug problems. But amphetamines are still widely misused – even if politicians…
Druglink article 1986 – LSD use in Britain by ISDD
LSD – a drug whose doses are measured in micrograms but whose effects are often described in cosmic terms. We attempt to summarise the facts. LSD use in Britain (PDF)
Druglink article 1986 – Trends in drug enforcement by Jane Goodsir
Many whose jobs involve defending the welfare of drug using clients have feared the crack down on ‘pushers’ will trickle down the scale to drug users. Release’s recent survey of solicitors indicates this is exactly what’s happening. Trends in drug…
Druglink article 1986 – Aids and injecting by David Turner
David Turner’s call for drug agencies to practice risk-reduction to save lives. We also see how such practices – including new syringes for old – have been working in Amsterdam. Aids and injecting (PDF)
Druglink article 1986 – Doctors at war 2 by Mike Ashton
The government’s decision not to extend legal curbs on prescribing to addicts leaves two ways of enforcing control on ‘errant’ doctors. In the second part of this series, mike Ashton, describes how these have recently been put into effect, as…
Druglink article 1986 – Recent trends in drug use in Britian by Richard Hartnoll
How many? what? how? Simple questions about drug use with no simple answers. Research from the Drug Indicators Project has helped fill the information vacuum. Richard Hartnoll sketches recent developments in the pattern of drug use in Britain. Recent trends…