CONTENTS:
NEWS:
Deal or no deal
Obituary: Mike Stewart
Global drug survey launches for third year
Parliament rejects EU proposals on new drug laws
US government won't challenge cannabis vote
Warning over stimulant injecting
New painkiller concern
All the dope that's fit to print? Recent warnings about strong heroin raises concerns about impact. By Harry Shapiro
Streets legal: Potent 'legal highs' are being sold to young people in petrol stations, fish and chip shops and even pet shops, a Druglink investigation has found. By Max Daly
FEATURES:
- The Druglink interview: Martin Barnes, the departing Chief Executive of DrugScope, talks to Harry Shapiro about ten years at the helm.
- Druglink Street Drug Trends Survey 2013: The survey turns its sights on young people and their use of new synthetic drugs. By Max Daly.
- Headspace: Not sorted for E's or whizz: Today's clubbers are too young to remember harm reduction messages about Ecstasy from the 1990s. By Harry Shapiro.
- Bop 'til you drop: Robert Ralphs explores the changing nature of drugs and drug users on the UK club scene.
Taking stock: A DrugScope/Recovery Partnership survey of services finds the sector facing a tide of changes. By Paul Anders.
- Dignity in death: Southampton is pioneering use of the End of Life Care Pathway among people who are homeless and use substances. By Chrissie Dawson.
- Stop and think: Geoff Monaghan takes issue with some of the points raised by the recent Release/LSE report into ethnic disparities in drug law policing.
- The end of the road? When should services stop treating their service users? Neil McKeganey opens up the debate.
- Vapour trials revisited: Deborah Arnott of ASH responds to Clive Bates' comment piece about e-cigarettes in the Sept/Oct Druglink.
REGULARS:
Reviews
Factsheet: Potent synthetic cannabinoid smoking mixtures