At the end of 1997, Druglink carried an article examining the theory of multi-disciplinary drug teams. A year on, we have to ask ourselves whether Community Psychiatric Nurses and social workers alone constitute a multi-disciplinary team or are Community Drug…
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Druglink article 1999 – Caring and sharing: Modelling successful shared care by Jim Barnard and Claire Higson
It’s been around for as long as you care to remember – in theory. But the practice of shared care has all too often failed to live up to the ideal. So here, the leaders of one of the country’s…
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 – Cannabis cures all? by David Jackson
Many drug services are now perfectly at ease with collecting urine samples from clients and discussing the results with them. Research shows that up to three in five opiate users take cannabis on a regular basis. Could there be another…
Druglink article 2014 – 1987: Time to build bridges – NA and the ‘Minnesota Method’ in Britain by Brian Wells
There was much that was unhelpful and counter-productive in the sector ‘abstinence v harm reduction’ furore that kicked off in 2008 after the government struggled to respond effectively to media claims of treatment ineffectiveness. However from the ashes of that…
Druglink article 2014 – The politics of numbers by David Best, Teodora Groshkova & Paul McTague
There is a substantial evidence base, from a diverse range of studies conducted in a wide range of treatment settings across a number of countries, that would indicate that drug treatment ‘works’. Yet there continues to be disquiet about how…
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…
Druglink news item 1998 – Outcomes for outcomes
A year on, and the National Treatment Outcome Research Study (NTORS) has produced its first annual report. Britain apparently now has unambiguous evidence treatment works. What type of treatment works, who is it best for and can it survive in…