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Druglink article 2011 – K.O. by Joe Lepper
The number of young people using ketamine has doubled in four years. But for one Sussex girl who started taking the drug with her friends in the local park at 16, it ended with a near fatal addiction K.O. (PDF)
Druglink article 2011 – The Ketamine zone by Max Daly and Peter Simonson
Ketamine is on the up again, tranquillisers are replacing low grade heroin, potent ecstasy pills are back and the artificial division between legal and illegal drugs is crumbling. Max Daly and Peter Simonson take a look at the results of this year’s UK-wide street drug trends…
Druglink news item 2011 – Is heroin over the hill? by Harry Shapiro
The number of young people taking up heroin has for the first time in decades begun to fall. Is this the end of an era and what has been the driving force behind it? Is heroin over the hill? (PDF)
Druglink article 2012 – Whatever happened to ‘glue-sniffing?’ by Richard Ives and Nicola Morgan
Although technically incorrect, the expression gained traction with the media when the practice was at its height back in the 1980s. But whatever you call it, the misuse of solvents has dropped off the radar. Whatever happened to ‘glue-sniffing?’ (PDF)
Druglink article 2012 – Red, white and booze by Bill Puddicombe
The latest figures for alcohol consumption in England indicate that consumption is falling including among the young, more of whom think it is not acceptable to be drunk even once a week. Yet figures for hospital admissions have soared by 40% since 2002 which suggests that people…
Druglink article 2012 – ‘Drone strikes by Max Daly
Despite the 2010 ban on mephedrone, drug services are seeing increasing numbers of people coming forward to report serious problems with the drug. Mephedrone, known variously as mcat,bubble and fert is a powerful stimulant whose use appeared to dip after being controlled as a…
Druglink article 2012 – Have we seen the back of smack? by Roger Howard and Nicola Singleton
A sustained fall in the estimated number of heroin users; fewer people coming forward for treatment, an ageing heroin using population. So has the Trainspotting era run out of steam? It is never easy to estimate the numbers of people who are dependent…
Druglink news item 2012 – Cannabis comedown by Max Daly
In July, two sets of government statistics, from the NHS and the Home Office British Crime Survey: Drug Misuse Declared (BCS), again revealed that, overall, drug use has been falling in Britain. Unsurprisingly, the findings were barely reported: if there is no scare factor to a drug…
Druglink article 2012 – Dragon’s den by Rebecca Lees
According to the official statistics, the number of problematic heroin users has fallen for the first time across the UK. Yet Swansea appears to be bucking the trend, where according to one user, it’s ‘more hassle to buy a packet of fags’ than…