A leading backbench spokesman on drug policy says cooperation – between drug agencies and between agencies and government is the key to tackling drug problems. A problem of cooperation (PDF)
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Druglink article 1988 – Going for the money by Jane Goodsir
The Drug Trafficking Offences Act in practice. As the first cases under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act come to court, it’s becoming clear that a wide circle of the defendant’s contacts may be affected. Going for the money (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Relief at £3 million to fight AIDS…
but Scotland given just £300,000 Relief at £3 million to fight AIDS (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Syringe exchange 1 by Gerry Stimson, Kate Dolan, Martin Donoghoe and Lindsay Alldritt
Last June a government-funded project began evaluating the work of 15 syringe exchange schemes. The results will influence the fate of needle exchange schemes throughout Britain. This first report is about whether the schemes are working in ways that attract…
Druglink article 1988 – HIV top priority says official ACMD report
Government rejects call for more money to fight AIDS in drug users. This article also looks at what the ACMD report on Aids and Drug Misuse says and the government response to the report. HIV top priority says official ACMD…
Druglink article 1988 – Organising drugs research by Virginia Berridge
Three government departments and two research councils funded a report on drug research, and then rejected one of its key recommendations. The report’s author analyses the gaps in Britain’s research effort and points the way forward to a more effective…
Druglink article 1988 – The failures of prohibition by Carole Tongue
Internationally and in Britain the drugs issue is still the domain of consensus politics. But Labour MEP Carole Tongue belives it is time to stop the comforting ‘drug war’ rhetoric and start a radical review of the failures of prohibition.…
Druglink article 1987 – Election 87
What the political parties said about drugs Election 87 (PDF)
Druglink article 1987 – Drug wars by President Reagan and Alexander Vlasov
Last October, President Reagan signed the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, describing it as a ‘major victory in our crusade against drugs.’ For Reagan the aim was to achieve ‘nothing less than a drug-free generation’ a contrast to the more modest…
Druglink article 1986 – Soft sell-hard cell by Liz Jagger
Prevention policy in Scotland is both softer and harder than in England and Wales. The mass media campaign is softer, focusing on social issues and positive lifestyles rather than on the effects of heroin. But drug enforcement in Scotland is…