Remember when Sweden had the reputation for being ‘free and easy’, a model of liberalism, or even (some might say) licentiousness? Not any more. As the cold winds of economic troubles whipped through the country, so a new crusading consensus…
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Druglink article 2014 – Crime busters or PCC plods? by Geoff Monaghan
Former detective sergeant Geoff Monaghan has some trenchant views on the policing plans of Policing and Crime Commissioners. Crime busters or PCC plods? (PDF)
Druglink article 2014 – Driven by loss: Don’t be in the dark about legal highs by Max Daly
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, Anne-Marie Cockburn and Maryon Stewart were all left shocked and grief stricken when their children died after taking drugs. But they all have something else in common too. They are campaigning and agitating to make sure other parents do not have to…
Druglink obituary 2014 – David Turner
David Turner, my friend and colleague, has died after a long struggle with cancer. David was, without question, one of the most significant figures in UK and European drug policy over the past 50 years. Colleagues, friends and family will miss his easy…
Druglink article 1999 – Can these bones live? by Peter Farley
This article is compulsory reading. The government keeps telling us that ‘volunteering’ is the way ahead and that statutory provision only has itself to blame if it loses ground to the voluntary sector. Here, you can find the reasons for…
Druglink article 1998 – Law and order by Maggy Lee and Nigel South
Almost uniquely in the western world, the history of drug control in Britain has a tense fascination. The tension lies in the development of control policies which have generally sought to balance treatment with enforcement. Policy has usually been shaped…
Druglink article 1998 – From clinic to community: the changing face of treatment by Harry Shapiro
30 years ago a new era of drug treatment was ushered in with the creation of Drug Dependency Units. Since then, we have seen the treatment sector respond to epidemics, disease and funding crises – but what have the last…
Druglink article 1998 – What’s in a sausage? The roots of cannabis prohibition by Harry Shapiro
The law reform lobby has been revitalised in the nineties supported by elements within the body politic, the media, medicine, the police and the judiciary and an unknown but growing proportion of the public. However, most governments, international agencies –…
Druglink article 2014 – New Model Army by Ian Wardle
New Model Army (PDF) The very concepts that glue together our drug treatment system are under attack for being too entrenched in medicine. Ian Wardle looks at the emerging challengers to a status quo that has dominated policy and practice for more…
Druglink article 2014 – 2008-2009 The Recovery Debate by Mike Ashton and Neil McKeganey
Around Guy Fawkes night in November 2007, a whole box of fireworks exploded in the face of the drug treatment system, when the BBC asserted that only 3% of those who went into treatment became ‘drug free’. There were arguments…