Druglink asked five individuals with substantive collective experience of the British drug treatment field for their views on the new clinical guidelines on the treatment of drug dependency. Opinion seemed widely divided. ‘Orange book’ views from the frontline (PDF)
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Druglink article 2014 – Cultural shifts by Max Daly
Stereotypes of Asian substance use probably assume heroin to be the main problem drug. But is this an outdated view? Max Daly speaks to those on the frontline. Britain’s Asian population has always had a reputation as the least likely ethnic group to take…
Druglink news item 1999 – The voice of users heard
A new quarterly magazine called Black Poppy, described as a kind of lifestyle magazine for drug users has been launched. The voice of users heard (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – The Futures Market by Marcus Roberts
Crime, heroin and poverty underpinned the growth of the sector. But with change happening at every turn, Marcus Roberts takes stock. A new Home Office research report by Nick Morgan considers The heroin epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s and its effect upon crime trends…
Druglink article 1998 – Brought to book: a librarian reminisces by John Witton
We asked John Witton, who worked in ISDD’s library for 20 years, to select his pick of the crop since ISDD’s foundation. They are all books he came back to time and time again. Here’s John Witton’s all time greats.…
Druglink article 1998 – High times, low company: Global drug trading since the 1960s by Roger Lewis
We’ve come a long way since Howard Marks – the drug trade in the nineties is nasty, brutal and short. Here one of Europe’s foremost trafficking experts outlines how and why this is. High times, low company: Global drug trading…
Druglink article 1998 – Law and order by Maggy Lee and Nigel South
Almost uniquely in the western world, the history of drug control in Britain has a tense fascination. The tension lies in the development of control policies which have generally sought to balance treatment with enforcement. Policy has usually been shaped…
Druglink article 1998 – From Johnny B to Ebeneezer: Goode times on the dance floor by Rowdy Yates and Oswin Baker
If you’re looking for an explanation for drug use, you can’t go far wrong with culture. And the culture of the last 30 years has been lead by the amp, the guitar and the drum kit. From the psychedelic tripping…
Druglink article 1998 – From clinic to community: the changing face of treatment by Harry Shapiro
30 years ago a new era of drug treatment was ushered in with the creation of Drug Dependency Units. Since then, we have seen the treatment sector respond to epidemics, disease and funding crises – but what have the last…
Druglink article 1998 – Heroin still screws you up – responding to new heroin outbreaks by Roy Egginton, Howard Parker and Catherine Bury
In 1996, with rumours flying around the country, Druglink took another long, hard look at heroin and the fears that ‘smack was back’. Two years on, those rumours have been confirmed by Howard Parker’s widely publicised, disturbing research. Here, for…