Tag Archive for prevalence

Druglink article 2010 – Teenage kicks by Max Daly

How did the isolated County Durham village of Cockfield kick off a nationwide panic over legal highs? In the vast, thinly populated landscape that dominates the peaceful district of Teesdale in south west County Durham, lies the old mining village of Cockfield. It has a…

Druglink article 2013 – Greek tragedy by Max Daly

Still reeling from an HIV epidemic among injecting drug users, Greece is now dealing with a low-grade methamphetamine called ‘sisa’, that has joined heroin as the drug of choice for the country’s destitute population. Max Daly reports on a drug scene being shaped by…

Druglink article 2013 – High Times by Max Daly

The 2013 survey focusses on young people and the rise in their use of new synthetic drugs. Not many are coming forward to services – but outreach work tells a different story. New synthetic drugs (also called ‘legal highs’ or ‘new/novel psychoactive substances’) are…

Druglink article 2014 – Cultural shifts by Max Daly

Stereotypes of Asian substance use probably assume heroin to be the main problem drug. But is this an outdated view? Max Daly speaks to those on the frontline. Britain’s Asian population has always had a reputation as the least likely ethnic group to take…