Drug users should stop blaming treatment services and shoulder more responsibility for their failure to recover. But, adds Peter McDermott, addiction is a deeply personal issue and the Dalek-like diktats of the abstention-or-bust lobby are just plain arrogance. Get thy…
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Druglink article 2001 – National Treatment Agency: Building castles on sand? by Annette Dale-Perera
The objectives of the national Treatment Agency have been welcomed by the drug treatment field. But is it built on solid ground? We ask the questions. National Treatment Agency: Building castles on sand? (PDF)
Druglink article 2001 – Local care: central control by Paul Johnson, Noel Towe and Mike Ward
Considering the impact on a national treatment agency on community care for drug users Local care: central control (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – Crossing the line by Sam Hart
The number of people admitted to A&E after taking cocaine is rising. Sam Hart reports on how hospitals are dealing with cocaine overdoses. Crossing the line (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – Indispensable by Kay Roberts
Since the 1970s, the potential for pharmacists to make a contribution to drug treatment services has grown significantly. And Scotland is leading the way, writes Kay Roberts. Indispensable (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – Carry on doctor by Tom Carnwath and Harry Shapiro
Before the existence of any kind of formal drug treatment system, there were GPs prepared to prescribe morphine, heroin and cocaine for users. That all changed 40 years ago in 1968. But, say Tom Carnwath and Harry Shapiro, not all…
Druglink article 2001 – Times they are a’ changing: doctoring drug users by Dr Clare Gerada
The policy of restricting GPs prescribing of drugs is about half as old as Bob Dylan, but this may be changing. Times they are a’ changing: doctoring drug users (PDF)
Druglink interview from 2001 with Paul Hayes
After a lifetime spent in the London Probation Service, Paul Hayes is the Chief Executive of the National Treatment Agency. What can the drug field expect? Interview from 2001 with Paul Hayes (PDF)
Druglink article 2000 – Princely patient provision: methadone programme evaluation by Dr Colin Brewer
From time to time all doctors ought to consider whether treatment of a particular patient is as good as it could be. Princely patient provision: methadone programme evaluation (PDF)
Druglink article 2008 – The reaction by Neil McKeganey, Dr David Best and Paul Hayes
Over the next six pages, three key figures from the drug treatment field provide comprehensive responses to Mike Ashton’s explosive article, The New Abstentionists. The reaction (PDF)