Outreach interventions developed to reach injectors are inappropriate in noisy nightclubs whose customers are there for fun, not counselling. Drug information workers in Mersey instead devised a campaign drawing on the images, materials and distribution mechanisms associated with club culture…
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Druglink article 1992 – A guide to working with schools by Robin Burgess
Requests for help from schools reacting to a drug-related incident can be an opportunity for drug agencies to establish constructive procedures that avoid stigmatising pupils but make help available to those who needs it. Involving all parties from the LEA…
Druglink article 1992 – Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems
Increasing numbers of young people are contacting drug agencies worried about the effects and long term consequences of taking ecstasy. Agencies face wave of ecstasy problems (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Beyond opiates… and into the 90s by Mark Gilman
The Lifeline Project in Manchester identified a new group of potential clients among young people attending rave dance venues using a range of drugs including ecstasy, LSD and amphetamine. A cartoon leaflet series was tailor made to attract this group.…
Druglink article 1991 – Into the Pleasuredome… by Andrew Fraser, Laura Gamble and Peter Kennett
The ‘Pleasuredome’ is Brighton’s central entertainment area with young people’s clubs, pubs and music venues. An open drug market developed involving cannabis, LSD, ecstasy and amphetamines. Use of these drugs became part of the area’s youth leisure culture and casualties…
Druglink article 1991 – “Everything starts with an ‘E'” with Peanut Pete
An introduction to ecstasy use by young people in Britain “Everything starts with an ‘E’” (PDF)
Druglink article 1991 – Harm reduction and the under-16s by Jane Goodsir
Judicial decisions on underage contraception can help negotiate the legal minefield of harm reduction work with juveniles. Harm reduction and the under-16s (PDF)
Druglink article 1990 – The fad that refuses to fade by Richard Ives
Surveys of solvent misuse in the UK in the 1980s confirm that, after cannabis, solvents are the most widely used substances. There has been no discernible drop in usage over the decade; typically 4 to 8 per cent of secondary…
Druglink article 1990 – Helping the sniffers by Richard Ives
Valid professional approaches to solvent misuse may range from doing nothing to in-depth individual counselling or family therapy and action in the local community or wider society. They are not mutually exclusive. Workers should carefully tailor their mix of responses…
Druglink article 1990 – Dangerous games: UK solvent deaths 1983 – 88 by John Ramsey, Kate Bloor and Ross Anderson
Evidence that solvents contribute to more deaths in the under 20s than any other drug. An ongoing study of UK deaths associated with the abuse of volatile substances (VSA) has used consistent recording methods since 1983. Over that period the…