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…
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Druglink article 2014 – Higher education by Max Daly
The public perception of the drug dealer is either a seedy street corner ne’er do well or a bling-laden ‘kingpin’. But Max Daly sheds light on a different world of dealing. A university campus is a drug dealer’s dream. Thousands of young people…
Druglink article 1999 – Reading between the lines: Is cocaine becoming the stimulant of choice for urban youth? by Annabel Boys, John Marsden and Paul Griffiths
Recent concerns about hard drug use among young people have focussed on whether the UK is experiencing a new heroin epidemic with particular concern that the heroin user is younger than ever. While exploring this contention in a London context,…
Druglink article 1998 – Study safely: an exercise in partnership by Patrick Branigan and Claire Foxley
College students use drugs. In fact, for many students, going to college is the first time they come into regular contact with drugs. In London alone, there are over half a million students, nearly 100,000 of whom are higher education…
Druglink article 1998 – Parents who aren’t scared about drugs – and other curiosities by Neil Robertson
A couple of years ago, Druglink ran an article on needs assessment for parents, which found that though they wanted drug education, its delivery – and even its contents – might not be such easy aspects to resolve. After publication of…
Druglink article 1998 – The generation gap: barriers to effective communication by Anna McClure and Jane Wilcock
For many parents the word ‘drugs’ can instil fear and anxiety. This is hardly surprising considering that often their only source of information is through the media and, invariably, the moral panics created reinforce parental concerns. The mixed messages they…
Druglink article 1997 – A new kind of user – a new kind of service? by Margaret Woolgrove and Jan Keene
This paper presents the results of an in-depth qualitative study of senior managers and practitioners in social services, health, youth work and the criminal justice service. The respondents high-lighted concerns about drug users who they felt were not in contact…
Druglink article 1997 – Drugs, demons and blue suede shoes by Harry Shapiro
Recent comments by Chief Constable Keith Hellawell raise once again the issue of pop stars exerting a baleful influence on the behaviours of young people. Drugs, demons and blue suede shoes (PDF)
Druglink article 1997 – Workers with attitude by Colin Cripps
No one’s getting younger these days except it seems, drug users. But how can we hope to reach them in the classroom, in the agency and on the street? And how can we do that without being patronising or power-hungry?…
Druglink article 1997 – Show me the way to go home: young homeless people and drugs by Richard Hammersley and Stephanie Pearl
100 homeless people young people were interviewed in Glasgow homeless project. Over three quarters had used cannabis, hallucinogens or amphetamines. Just under half felt they had been addicted to, and a third severely dependent on, a substance other than tobacco.…