The way drug users are dealt with by GPs has transformed in the last three decades. Dr Chris Ford, who retired earlier this year from her post as one of Britain’s specialist drug misuse GPs, looks back at how things have changed in…
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Druglink article 2003 – Small is beautiful and Scottish by Justine Walker
Previously we have reported on the tensions within the sprawling bureaucracies which make up the drugs ‘industry’ in England. But in Scotland, writes Justine Walker, size has been one of the key ingredients for creating successful partnerships between Scottish Executive…
Druglink article 2003 – Locking up our daughters by Max Daly
Sarah Campbell, a teenager with a history of heroin use, clinical depression and a victim of child sex abuse, died in the last place she should have been – jail. To mark the launch of our Using Women campaign, Max…
Druglink interview 2003 – Woman of substance by Max Daly
Caroline Flint, the Home Office minister with the drug portfolio, comes to the job with a background interest and involvement with children and young people. Woman of substance (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – Born in the USA by Cindy Fazey
Fifty years ago an international treaty consolidated global anti-drug laws and set the framework for the future of drug prohibition. Cindy Fazey charts the development and impact of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Born in the USA (PDF)
Druglink article 2003 – It’s raining plans by Sara McGrail
Despite the monsoon of planning requirements threatening to WASH Drug Actin Teams (DATs) away, the one thing not happening at the centre regarding effective delivery of the drug strategy, argues Sara McGrail, is planning. It’s raining plans (PDF) Additional keywords:…
Druglink interview 2011 – Party politics by Harry Shapiro
Maryon Stewart could never have foreseen she would become embroiled in the future of British drug policy. And neither would she have chosen it. One Sunday lunchtime, in April 2009, she received a knock on the door. A police officer told her that her 21-year old daughter, Hester, had died…
Druglink article 2011 – License to swill by Rebecca Lees
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
Druglink article 2003 – Carry on regardless: the battle to modernise NHS drug treatment services by Peter Mason
No doubt drug treatment services need to be improved. But, as Peter Mason points out in the second of our four articles on the NHS, real progress faces equally substantial barriers. Carry on regardless: the battle to modernise NHS drug…
Druglink article 2003 – Snakes and ladders: five years inside government drug policy by Mike Trace
Mike Trace has worked in the drugs field for nearly 20 years, most recently as the deputy drug czar and head of performance at the National Treatment Agency. At the end of last year, he was appointed chief of the…