Labour’s push to cut drug crime by getting addicted offenders into treatment is now a decade down the line. But, as the authors reveal, while the strategy has been effective in helping drug users, there is little evidence to show…
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Druglink article 2007 – Dealing the lethal dose by Sam Hart
What should happen to the person who deals the lethal ecstasy pill or injects the fatal dose of heroin? Sam Hart reports on a grey area in criminal law which treads the fine line between pushers and punters. Dealing the…
Druglink article 2007 – Thinking outside the docks by Carol jenkins
Despite an uphill struggle against bureaucracy and antipathy, Britain’s two pilot drug courts are up and running and into their second year. Carol Jenkins grabbed a ringside seat at London’s dedicated drug court. Thinking outside the docks (PDF)
Druglink factsheet 2006 – Police powers and drugs 2
Police powers and drugs 2 (PDF) Cautions
Druglink article 2006 – Frontline tactics by Diane Taylor
The 1981 Brixton riots were fuelled by relentless stop and searches on black people by police looking for cannabis. Now, 25 years later, are officers still unfairly targeting ethnic minorities on the streets? Frontline tactics (PDF) Additional keywords: race
Druglink article 2004 – Long arm of the law by Jane Mackenzie
Drug users from America to Thailand are subjected to human rights abuses on a grand scale. Jane Mackenzie on the brutal treatment meted out on behalf of the global war on drugs. Long arm of the law (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Court in two minds by John Crichton and Simon Fidler
Our system of dealing with drug problems is disjointed say John Crichton and Simon Fidler, who visited the Bronx to see how it could be done. Court in two minds (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – Once more into the breach by Alex Stevens
The Home Office is expanding the use of Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) because it says they are a success. But, asks Alex Stevens, where are the facts to back this up? Once more into the breach (PDF)
Druglink news item 2011 – Thinking outside the bag by Andy McNicoll
The suggestion that lower level drug dealers could avoid jail and that 50 bags of heroin is ‘very small’ has been met with predictable media outrage. Andy McNicoll reports on the ongoing, super-sensitive debate around drug thresholds. Thinking outside the bag (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – Blacklisted: race, drugs and crime by Anita Kalunta-Crumpton
Latest Home Office figures reveal that the percentage of black people jailed for drug offences has soared from 18% of the total in 1998 to 30% in 2002. Blacklisted: race, drugs and crime (PDF)