Drugs and Alcohol Today: Volume 6 Issue 2
Table of contents
Inter‐faith healing: inspiring a joint Jewish and Muslim treatment service
Rabbi SufrinFewer cultural clashes receive more press coverage than the Jewish and Muslim conflict. Beyond the headlines, both communities suffer from the same social problems ‐ drink and…
Home truths — how close are we really to helping children of addicted parents?
Joy BarlowA spate of well‐publicised deaths of children of drug‐using parents in Scotland led to a so‐called new policy for protecting young people of substance‐using parents. Amid calls…
How many more steps for Hidden Harm?
Susan DeanHidden Harm was designed to end the misery of children of drug‐using parents. Now just three years down the line we are told we need a second ‘Next Steps’ approach. Susan Dean…
Opium licensing — rising to the Afghan opium challenge
Emmanuel ReinertEmmanuel Reinhert investigates why, in a time of severe opium shortage in developing countries, western powers refuse to license Afghan opium.
Thicker than water — revolutionising blood borne virus treatment
Mandie WilkinsonWhen Mandie Wilkinson's patients ran a mile after tests for hepatitis and HIV, she had no idea her efforts would lead to a highly successful blood borne virus clinic. There were…
Uncovering the two‐year rule
Andrew GordonDenied by practitioners and erased from all official documents, the requirement that ex‐users be clean for two years before being employed is supposedly no longer with us. But, as…
Addictions without Substance series part II: Sexual addiction
Thaddeus BirchardContinuing our look at addictions without substances, Thaddeus Birchard explores the addictive nature of sex.
My name's Scoop and I'm a runaholic
Scoop SkupienMost of us try it and give it up. Hospitals and services treat thousands of its victims every year. Annually, tens of thousands gather in city centres to binge on it for hours on…
Addressing negative attitudes toward substance use in nursing: A peer‐led approach in nurse education
Martyn Harling, Christine Overy, Gavin Beckham, Rachel Denby, Steven Goddard, Carolyn O'Connor, Emma Piotrowski, Teri Prout, David TullySubstance use tends to be overlooked in nursing training. As a possible consequence, many nurses harbour ill‐informed or even negative attitudes towards drug and alcohol users…
Heroin use in Zanzibar: a survey
Susan Beckerleg, Ahmed Sadiq, Maggie TelferHeroin has been a street drug along the East African coast for 25 years (Beckerleg, 1995) but it has only recently been recognised and documented (Kilonzo et al, 2001; Jones &…
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1745-9265Renamed to:
Drugs, Habits and Social PolicyOnline date, start – end:
2001 – 2022Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedEditors:
- Dr Axel Klein
- Mr Blaine Stothard
- Dr Aysel Sultan