A change in medical law in June which allowed anybody to administer injectable naloxone will help save many lives. But why has it taken so long? Wake up to take-home naloxone (PDF)
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Druglink article 2010 – Citizen medics by Rosie Mundt-Leach, Siobhan Jackson, Francis Keaney and Alun Morinan
More than one in 20 heroin overdose emergency kits handed out to drug users has been used to counteract an overdose, a study has found. Rosie Mundt-Leach, Siobhan Jackson, Francis Keaney and Alun Morinan report on a unique naloxone kit experiment in south London. Citizen medics…
Druglink article 2012 – The respect agenda by Blaine Stothard
In the second of his two-part article on Danish drug policy, Blaine Stothard looks at the provision and amenities for active drug users in Copenhagen The respect agenda (PDF)
Druglink letter 2002 – Rapid opiate detoxification and the striking off of Dr Gary Gerson by Colin Brewer
The disciplining of Dr Gary Gerson for fatally mismanaging the treatment of Brendan Woodhead following Rapid Opiate Detoxification was expected and deserved… Rapid opiate detoxification and the striking off of Dr Gary Gerson (PDF)
Druglink interview 2013 – Professor John Strang by Harry Shapiro
A series of three recent papers in The Lancet summarised the findings of a six year project published as ‘Drug Policy and the Public Good’ published in 2010. John Strang was part of that project and here we discuss the general process of gathering and reviewing…
Naloxone
What is Naloxone? Naloxone is a medicine which can temporarily reverse the effects of an overdose caused by opiates and opioids and opioids such as heroin, methadone, morphine, codeine or buprenorphine. The most life-threatening effect of opiates is to slow…
Heroin and other opiates
Boy, brown, china white, dragon, gear, H, horse, junk, skag, smack, diamorphine, morphine, methadone, opium, codeine, pethidine, dihydrocodeine (DF118), palfium, diconal, temgesic, physeptone What is heroin? Heroin (diamorphine) is one of a group of drugs called ‘opiates’. These drugs are…