While the White House trumpeted ‘Just say no’, black urban America was torn apart by crack cocaine. Harry Shapiro looks back at the Reagan years. ‘Dutch’ Reagan’s drug policy: America’s second Civil War (PDF)
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Druglink article 2004 – Mothers’ little helpers by Sam Hart
Housewives are turning to cocaine and Prozac as a way of getting through the day. But, says Sam Hart, although the drugs may have changed, women have been using legal and illegal substances as a daytime pick-me-up for centuries. Mothers’…
Druglink article 2010 – Dream-dust from Mars by Marcus Roberts
Psychoactive substances have a long history in science fiction. Marcus Roberts takes us on a journey through space and time to sample the likes of marak, LSD-Gas, the pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, Nuke, soma and Can-D. A husband and wife are lighthouse keepers on a…
Druglink article 2010 – Small steps by Andrew Brown
While we have moved away from the now discredited shock tactics used to warn children away from drugs in the 1980s, the last decade has seen slow progress in developing effective drug education. Small steps (PDF)
Druglink article 2010 – Snow, skunk and psychonauts by Max Daly
Which substances have been the movers and shakers in the drug market over the last ten years? Max Daly on the rise of cocaine, cannabis farms, internet highs and the rapidly evolving business of selling drugs. As Britain awoke in the year…
Druglink article 2010 – The hit parade
Flicking through 10 years of news stories in Druglink magazine, it’s easy to see why the media, politicians and the public at large find illegal drugs such an intriguing subject. It is a world, over the last decade, that has encompassed everything from sniffer dogs patrolling…
Druglink article 2010 – World wired web by Mike Power
The powerful legal stimulant, mephedrone, has opened the door to a seemingly unstoppable virtual drugs market. Mike Power, the first journalist to report on mephedrone in Druglink last March, tracks its journey from Chinese labs to Britain’s streets. In May 2004, on an…
Druglink special edition 2010 – Cocaine dossier
In this special dossier, we bring together some of our key investigations and feature stories on cocaine, including the first reporting of a two-tier market in the drug and the spread of its use to blue collar workers. Our dossier…
Druglink article 2011 – The quiet revolution by Chris Ford
The way drug users are dealt with by GPs has transformed in the last three decades. Dr Chris Ford, who retired earlier this year from her post as one of Britain’s specialist drug misuse GPs, looks back at how things have changed in…
Druglink article 2011 – Founding fathers by Mike Gilman
The inspiration for the rising recovery movement in Britain has come from four Americans. Mark Gilman on the influence of Simpson, De Leon, White and McKnight. Founding fathers (PDF)