In November last year Emma Roberts transferred her job as a needle exchange worker in Leeds to the streets of New York City. Six months down the line she tells Druglink about life helping drug users in Harlem, Brooklyn and…
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Druglink article 2001 – Injecting by numbers: perception of risks by Colin Bradbury
Accurately assessing drug users’ risky behaviour is not straightforward. Researchers and practitioners arrive at different figures. Perhaps they are asking the wrong questions. Injecting by numbers: perception of risks (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – Foiled again by Jamie Bridge
Despite being a proven way of reducing injecting among heroin users, it is still illegal for drug workers to hand out foil. Jamie Bridge argues that public health provision can be advanced by tearing up an obstructive and out-dated section…
Druglink article 2001 – Injecting doubt by Dr David Marjot
The ACMD report, Reducing drug-related deaths is seriously misleading on prescribing injections of opiates, says David Marjot Injecting doubt (PDF)
Druglink article 2007 – Bodily harm by Charlotte Tompkins and Laura Sheard
Little research has been carried out into the fact many female heroin users are injected by their partners. Charlotte Tompkins and Laura Sheard on a unique study into the risks and characteristics of injecting relationships. Bodily harm (PDF)
Druglink article 2006 – A price on their heads by Harry Shapiro
How much does it cost per client to prescribe methadone, run a needle exchange or operate a counselling service. Don’t Know? Well, it’s time to get the calculator out because unit costing is coming to a budget near you. A…
Druglink article 2006 – The kit to make a hit by Jenny Scott
Over the last three years, new laws have enabled services to supply the core components of injecting paraphernalia. Yet there are still barriers to overcome to ensure equipment is supplied and used properly. The kit to make a hit (PDF)
Druglink article 2006 – The works party comedown by Jamie Bridge
Despite its position on the frontline in the battle against blood-borne viruses, needle exchange is being hampered by apathy and blinkered thinking. Jamie Bridge warns there is much to be done if we are to combat the spread of hepatitis…
Druglink article 2006 – The fruits of fear by Radhika Holmstrom
Twenty years ago, in the midst of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, drug users were being handed free needles to inject more drugs. Radhika Holmstrom looks at the birth and development of needle exchanges The fruits of fear (PDF)
Druglink news item 2006 – Injecting rooms rejected by Harry Shapiro
The Home Office has booted the idea of providing facilities for injecting drug users firmly into touch. But have the government scored an own goal? Injecting rooms rejected (PDF) Additional keywords: drug consumption rooms