Government proposals will force courts and drug agencies to work closer together. The opportunities are great but so are the risks. Sentenced to get better (PDF) Additional keywords: courts / sentencing / alternatives to custody / alternatives to prison /…
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Druglink article 1989 – Motivating change by Keith Bolton and Robert Watt
At Northern Road clinic in Portsmouth, methadone pulls in the clients and ‘motivational interviewing’ helps nudge them to move away from drugs. Motivating change (PDF) Additional keywords: counselling / motivation / Prochaska / DiClemente / Process of change model /…
Druglink article 1989 – Crime and compulsory treatment by Bruce Johnson
Interviewed recently for Druglink, one of America’s most respected authorities on the workings of the drug market says the division between treating drug dependence and punishing offences has to end. In Britain too, the trend is towards treating rather than…
Druglink article 1989 – A low threshold methadone programme by Philip Fleming
Flexible, accessible, attractive – that’s what government and their advisers say addiction clinics should be to counter HIV. At Northern Road they’ve thrown out the waiting lists and detoxification timetables and let the clients set the goals. A low threshold…
Druglink article 1989 – Rolleston: The defence of the right to prescribe by Mike Ashton
In British drug history no document has more claim to the term ‘classic’ than the 1926 report of the Rolleston committee. Under pressure from the Home Office the eminent physicians on the committee claimed their right to prescribe – even…
Druglink article 1988 – Counselling and drugs counselling by Roger Duncan
Experienced drug worker Roger Duncan says counselling techniques can get in the way of the real business of street agency drugs work – forming a person to person relationship with the client. Counselling and drugs counselling (PDF)
Druglink article 1988 – Why not work in prison? by Mike Trace
Last year an important Home Office policy statement helped open the way for drug services to work in prisons. Just one agency in Britain specialises in this work. Its coordinator argues that prison or the threat of prison creates intervention…
Druglink article 1988 – Aids in the house by Stewart Dixon and Jane Hollis
Nowhere is the re-evaluation of drug services forced by HIV and AIDS more painful than in the traditional concept-based therapeutic communities, with their uncompromising philosophies and hierarchical regimes. But, as this report shows, far-reaching changes may be needed. Aids in…
Druglink article from 1987 – Prescribe with caution by Thomas Bewley
Thirty five years treating alcohol and drug addiction have taught Dr Bewley caution and respect for research. Prescribe with caution (PDF)
Druglink article from 1987 – I’ve been there and look at me now by Joan Jerome
At TRANX they’ve found ex-users can help others overcome benzodiazepine dependence where the professionals have failed. Identification and example are the keys, explains Joan Jerome I’ve been there and look at me now (PDF)