Cardiff’s binge-drinking culture has been the focus of a wave of unwelcome press attention recently. Rebecca Lees looks at the role the city’s licensing regulations are playing in the battle with cheap alcohol. License to swill (PDF) Additional keywords: Minimum unit price
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Druglink article 2002 – All stick and no CARATS
The government’s through care for prisoners is under fire. A CARATS worker lifts the lid on the service and questions the validity of outsiders giving services on the inside. All stick and no CARATS (PDF) Additional keywords: prisons
Druglink article 2002 – Young offenders: can we fix them? by Glyn Halksworth
Young drug users present major challenges to the whole range of child service providers including drug workers. Druglink article 2002 – Young offenders: can we fix them? (PDF)
Druglink article 2012 – Weeding out the dope by Harry Shapiro
It’s five years since Druglink last covered the phenomenon of cannabis farms, during which time the national picture has changed considerably and in the process put police resources under considerable strain. Weeding out the dope (PDF)
Druglink article 2002 – Policing cannabis reclassification – easy as A B C by Geoff Monaghan
In March 2000 the Independent Inquiry into the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 set up by the Police Foundation published its recommendations for legal reforms. The inquiry made 81 recommendations, 9 on cannabis. Policing cannabis reclassification – easy as A…
Druglink news item 2001 – Portugal moves on law reform
The new Portuguese drugs law, which came into effect on 1st July 2001, removes the threat of prison for possession of small amounts of any drug. Portugal moves on law reform (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – Endangered species by Matthew Bacon
While by no means extinct, the traditional drug squad officer is one of a dying breed. Matthew Bacon spent two years with two drug squads studying the changing landscape of drug law enforcement Endangered species (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Traffic targets: supply strategies by Nicholas Dorn
The UK spends more on drug enforcement than on demand reduction while knowing little about effectiveness. Could better understanding and greater effectiveness in anti – trafficking take pressure off drug users. Traffic targets: supply strategies (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion by Lynda Marginson and Stuart Rose
Bolton Drug Misusing Offenders Project incorporates drug specialists with the probation service and co-operates with other local agencies. It has been estimated that, in 1992, drug driven acquisitive crime cost victims £58-864 million. Care not custody: co-ordinated compulsion (PDF) Additional…
Druglink article 2013 – Stop and think by Geoff Monaghan
The recently published report by Release/London School of Economics on the ethnic disparities in drug law policing has brought the controversy back into the limelight. But, argues Geoff Monaghan, the issue of stop and search is not black and white – but fifty shades…