An overview of the way drug problems are handled in Northern Ireland where all aspects of life have been influenced by the politics of violence and paramilitary organisations. United Action: Northern Ireland (PDF)
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Druglink article 2001 – United Action: Scotland by Kay Roberts
The Scottish Executive quickly establish a drug strategy to tackle its problems. United Action: Scotland (PDF) Additional keywords: devolution / funding / drug court
Druglink article 2001 – United Action: Wales by Gill Bradbury
Welsh strategies have attempted to address subtsance use in the fullest sense with Drug Action Teams (DATs) United Action Wales (PDF) Additional keywords: rural / devolution / funding
Druglink article 2001 – An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition by Danny Kushlick
The government boasts of evidence-based policy making, yet there seems to be little evidence available to support the current policy of prohibiting drugs An eloquent silence: evidence for prohibition (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – The A team or mission impossible? by Sherife Hasan
There is a fundamental misconception of what a Drug Action Team (DAT) actually is and what it is capable of achieving The A team or mission impossible? (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – The alcohol debate by Emily Robinson and Mike Baird
We hear a lot these days about our growing problem with alcohol. But is the problem really getting worse – and if it is – what should we do about it? Not surprisingly Emily Robinson, Director of Campaigns and Fundraising at Alcohol Concern…
Druglink interview 2013 – Paul Hayes by Harry Shapiro
Always a controversial figure, Paul Hayes has nevertheless been a tireless champion for treatment. With the NTA shortly to fold into Public Health England, he reflects on the political realities of establishing and maintaining the treatment system in this specially extended interview with Harry Shapiro. Druglink interview…
Bitesize briefing 2013 – Public Health
This edition of Druglink covers a period of profound and far-reaching change in the structures and processes for planning, commissioning and delivering substance misuse services. So what are the principal changes? Has the NTA really gone for good? How will things work under the PHE?…
Druglink interview 2013 – Baroness Molly Meacher by Harry Shapiro
Events worldwide prompted Baroness Meacher to try to move the drug law reform debate on in the UK. Interview – Baroness Molly Meacher (PDF)
Druglink news item 2013 – Foiled again by Max Daly
Government still dragging its feet over foil. On the 10th November 2010, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) submitted a detailed report to the Home Secretary Theresa May on the provision of foil as a harm reduction intervention for drug services. It recommended…