Home Search
crack cocaine - search results
Search results are sorted by relevance, please use the links in the sidebar to filter your search.
DDNjan10
[…] committee demands alcohol promotion overhaul News | Round-up 18 January 2010 | drinkanddrugsnews| 5 www.drinkanddrugsnews.com Cocaine rise continues The number of teenagers entering treatment for heroin or crack has fallen by a third in four years – to 657 – according to figures from the NTA released last month. However, those being helped for […]
DDN2906
[…] REGULARS 4 NEWS ROUND-UP : UNODC reports drug markets declining • Peru and Bolivia increase coca bush cultivation • Call for advertising ban on supermarket booze • Crackdown cash for summer enforcement • ‘Moob’ concerns prompt men to cut drinking • News in brief 8 LETTERS AND COMMENT : Natural invitation, Cranstoun’s 40th; Postcard […]
DDN260307
CLOSURE ORDERS Are crack house powers out of hand? RELAPSE PREVENTION High-risk situations and sustained recovery THE BENZO DEBATE Why benzodiazepines have their place STREETWISE STATESIDE Saving lives with the pioneers of harm reduction in North America Your fortnightly magazine |jobs|news|views|research 26 March 2007 www.drinkanddrugs.net 26 March 2007 News Round-upAlcohol judged to be more […]
DDN290107
[…] police, probation, councils, the NTA and the London Drug Policy Forum. On the downside, of London residents who did drink, more were dependent on alcohol. Heroin and crack cocaine use also gave cause for concern: 1 per cent of London’s population were problematic users, representing more than 74,000 people. The 195 London treatment agencies offering […]
DDN1711
[…] but separately against each drug type or class. The Home Office has also published a summary of research into the national and regional prevalence of opiate and crack cocaine use. The number of problem drug users had remained roughly stable for the last three years, it says, while prevalence of injecting had decreased. London, followed […]
European cocaine availability surpassing pre-pandemic levels
[…] cannabinoids reported for the first time, with the number of NPS being monitored by EMCDDA now close to 900. Wastewater analysis, meanwhile, revealed increased use of cocaine, crack, amphetamine and methamphetamine in many cities, while the average THC content of cannabis resin is now more than 20 per cent and almost double the level […]
Fewer heroin and crack users, says NTA
The number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England has fallen below 300,000 for the first time, according to figures issued by the NTA. The figure stood at 298,752 in 2010-11, according to Estimates of the prevalence of opiate use and/or crack cocaine use, down from a peak of more than 332,000 in 2005-06. […]
DDN091006
[…] beat box, poetry and comedy at the first Drugs Rap ’n‘ Mix event in Birmingham. Right Start Foundation International organised the event in partnership with Birmingham DAT’s Crack Strategy Department with the aim of attracting young people from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, to express their views on the danger of drugs. Crack strategy […]
DDN051031
[…] dependency develops and its conse- quences; how to avoid and respond to accidents and overdosing; the dangers of injecting an sharing equipment; the additional ‘price’ of tackling crack cocaine; and the knowledge and skills required to detox/come off heroin. They emphasised the need to spec- ifically target heroin using networks (where there is trust) with […]
DDN151104
[…] that criminals do not profit from drug dealing. Early successes during the two-month trial period have included hauls of cocaine worth an estimated street value of £9,039,040; crack cocaine worth £71,250; heroin worth £176,000 and cannabis worth £200,000. Ofcom steers drink ads away from youth culture Ofcom has tightened its rules on alcohol advertising f […]
DDNmay10
[…] example. Fewer problem drug users dropped out of treatment. The NAO noted: ‘An increasing number of problem drug users leave treatment free from dependency on heroin or crack cocaine or the illegal drugs for which they sought treatment, but with evidence of other illegal drug use.’ The lead investigator and author of the report subsequently […]
DDN100907
[…] five and 6 per cent eight. ‘We deal with all substances from smoking to ketamine and GHB, to the boys that come to us with heroin and crack cocaine addiction – we offer the same as community ser vices,’ says Bourne. Services like basic education, learning suppor t for those with literacy problems, cannabis and […]
Getting a fix on figures
[…] can struggle to keep up with the growing list of new psychoactive substances, as well as higher rates of image and performance-enhancing drug use, problem heroin and crack use does seem to be increasingly confined to an older, entrenched population, many of whom started using in the ‘heroin epidemic’ of the 1980s when new […]
DDN050711
[…] representing a different drug, indicated by a poster or banner behind them. The youngsters could then go along the bar, getting drinks and eats, while askingquestions and chatting about the different drugs and their dangers in a very informal way. Having learned chunks of info from talking to the bar tenders they could then discuss, gossip, and swap info amongst themselves. There is another benefit to this: I remember a weekend when the residents at St. Thomas Fund went to a party at an NA meeting. They all had a great time and it was like a revelation to them that they could actually have a such fun dancing and par tying without Drugs or Alcohol! It was such a boost. If your young people can learn that you don't need Drugs or Alchohol in order to boogy-on-down and have a cracking party, that might be as valuable as the knowledge they might gain in the process. As to funding, this option might be cheap, and any school, college, or Uni you ask should have the sense to go for it. With respect, Mike Richardson, CRI, Brighton www.drinkanddrugs.net 14 | drinkanddrugsnews | 11 July 2005 Question and Answers | Comment I’m a project […]
DDN2807
[…] proposals set out in the government’s new welfare reform green paper. Claimants could also face fraud investigations if they do not declare an addiction to heroin or crack cocaine when applying for benefits. Up to 100,000 problem drug users on benefits are not in treatment, says No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility. […]
DDN1102
[…] and safe drinking levels to launch in the summer. More than 3,700 litres of alcohol were seized from young people under 18 during a month long police crackdown last autumn (DDN, 28 January, page 4). ‘Government must lead the way and I am determined to use all the powers at my disposal to bring […]
DDN050711
[…] or Alcohol! It was such a boost. If your young people can learn that you don't need Drugs or Alchohol in order to boogy-on-down and have a cracking party, that might be as valuable as the knowledge they might gain in the process. As to funding, this option might be cheap, and any school, […]
DDN060327
[…] Prison Drug Strategy Unit) look at the new Integrated Case Management approach in Scotland and Integrated Drug Treatment System for England and Wales. Working with users of crack cocaine and other stimulants: Michael Bird (Community Drug Service, South London) considers ways of working more effectively with this client group. HIV and Hepatitis – update and […]
DDN2302
[…] the ACMDâs recommendation for reclassification was not suggesting it was a harmless drug but âmaking an accurate judgement on it being less harmful than substances such as crack cocaine and heroin,â said executive director of Release, Sebastian Saville. âSending this message to young people should be more important than satisfying illogical political agendas.â Report available […]
DDN2409
[…] an established and profitable market for cocaine. ‘We are concerned that we may be entering a new era of "problem drug use" relating less to heroin and crack and more to the misuse of alcohol, cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy. The longer term public health impacts of such a shift should not be underestimated.’ Cocaine […]
DDNjan11
[…] 15,000 in the last year alone. President Felipe Calderón declared an offensive against the countr y’s drug car tels soon after taking office in December 2006. Medicinal crackdown Hundreds of traditional herbal medicines will be banned from sale in the UK from 1 May, following an EU directive requiring the products to be licensed […]
DDN21sept09
[…] Those in the heroin group had committed a total of 1,731 crimes in the 30 days before entering the trial, falling to 547 after six months, while crack use also reduced across all treatment groups and there were improvements in physical and mental health and social functioning. âThe cost of producing positive results in […]
DDN 050321
[…] use, and had brought cannabis use down sharply. Opiate use remained steadier, at around 4 per cent in the last few years. There was little indication of crack cocaine use, nor amphetamines – ‘people don’t want to heighten the experience, but deaden it,’ he said. Mr Wheatley was pleased that needle exchanges had been kept […]
Ten per cent increase in people entering treatment for cocaine
[…] statistics from OHID. The previous peak number was 21,396 in 2019-20. The headline figure is for powder cocaine use, but there are also increases in treatment for crack cocaine and ketamine. There has also been rise in the number of people entering treatment for crack – both those using crack with opiates (from 18,832 to 20,158) […]
DDN 050124
[…] in Europe and assisting participants to develop plans for models of inter vention. Future academies will cover peer support and peer education, harm reduction, working with cocaine, crack cocaine and stimulant users, research methodologies, working with women, juveniles, staff suppor t and supervision. Contact Vikky Bullock, Cranstoun Drug Services e: vbullock@cranstoun.org.uk. 16-18 February – Barcelona […]
DDN1003
[…] but are not sufficiently using the considerable powers granted by the Act to tackle problems, and that there is a need to rebalance action towards enforcement and crack down on irresponsible behaviour.’ There would be more instant closures of problem premises, and the offence of ‘persistently selling alcohol to a person under 18’ would […]
DDN 050321
[…] use, and had brought cannabis use down sharply. Opiate use remained steadier, at around 4 per cent in the last few years. There was little indication of crack cocaine use, nor amphetamines – ‘people don’t want to heighten the experience, but deaden it,’ he said. Mr Wheatley was pleased that needle exchanges had been kept […]
DDN 050124
[…] in Europe and assisting participants to develop plans for models of inter vention. Future academies will cover peer support and peer education, harm reduction, working with cocaine, crack cocaine and stimulant users, research methodologies, working with women, juveniles, staff suppor t and supervision. Contact Vikky Bullock, Cranstoun Drug Services e: vbullock@cranstoun.org.uk. 16-18 February – Barcelona […]
Sharing the Love
[…] a transfer of millions of dollars in tax from the legalised cannabis market to create a harm reduction programme across the state from naloxone rollout to distributing crack pipes. A peer-led council (‘over half of people on it have been incarcerated and there are no cops’) was deciding where the money goes and there […]
DDN060410
[…] that would influence a child to drink or take drugs. Among the results were findings that 3 per cent of the city’s 11 to 16-year-olds had tried Crack Cocaine with 11 per cent of all pupils admitting to carrying a weapon. The shocking results have given Coventry, specifically its schools, significant pause for thought. Coventry […]
DDN120109
[…] users are unemployed, and two thirds of employers surveyed for the report by the University of Manchester indicated they would be unwilling to employ a heroin or crack cocaine user even if they were otherwise suitable for the job. The document acknowledges that getting some problem drug users âfit for the jobâ can present a […]
DDN February 2020
[…] those whco are not quite reaby to seek the help of an establischment that rrritsh Co ttslum brmia,e (DDN, December/January, page 25). These are distinct heroin and crack cocaine markets, and indeed much street level gang violence may not even be related to drug turf wars at all, but rather pointless ‘beefs’ over postcode rivalries […]
DDNmarch10
[…] Young peopleâs drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads, alongside cocaine, ketamine, GBL and mephedrone. The majority of adult services, however, are geared towards treating heroin and crack dependency. The treatment system needs to be more flexible to effectively meet the needs of older teenagers and young adults, says the report, which is based […]
DDN0103
[…] Young peopleâs drug and alcohol treatment at the crossroads, alongside cocaine, ketamine, GBL and mephedrone. The majority of adult services, however, are geared towards treating heroin and crack dependency. The treatment system needs to be more flexible to effectively meet the needs of older teenagers and young adults, says the report, which is based […]
DDN260207
[…] Research at the University of Glasgow. Letters | Comment 26 February 2007 | drinkanddrugsnews| 9 www.drinkanddrugs.net Oppor tunity not judgement When I first started taking heroin and crack cocaine I didn’t know anything about it except that it is illegal and I liked taking it – by which time it was too late. Nine years […]
DDN030706
[…] factors that result in discrimination’. Groups currently under-served by the drug treatment sector include women, young people, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, stimulant misusers (including crack and cocaine), people with mental health problems, and homeless people. There is evidence to suggest that people with learning disabilities do use substances problematically, with suggested […]
DDN250906
[…] £2.2m being spent by the Welsh Assembly Government on maintenance and drug reduction services, compared to £15,000 on keeping individuals off drugs for life’. Former heroin and crack cocaine user Andy Bond joined Ms Strydom in fearing that drug dealers could use the machines to get more people hooked. ‘They could be used to encourage […]
DDN060227
[…] that target the nature of the drug and the experiences of the user in the same way as we have different treatment programmes for heroin use and crack cocaine use, rather than more generalist counselling or diversionary interventions that they have recognised as having little long term effect. They have also come to the conclusion […]
DDN260109
[…] alcohol and cannabis before experimenting with a range of drugs such as ecstasy, LSD, amphetamine and mushrooms. All the drug users had then moved on to using crack cocaine and heroin, a process which had usually taken several years. Drug use had usually star ted as what was seen as recreational use – with peers […]
DDN041206
[…] have both; a choice. The debate’s wording is not proposing that we disinvest in harm reduction ser vices. We desperately need more ser vices for alcohol and crack cocaine. But disinvesting in abstinence ser vices andshoving all our money into harm reduction would be a terrible derogation. Would we tell people in this room who […]
DDNjune10
[…] agencies to support recovery and reintegration, as well as personalised, needs-driven treatment that addresses all kinds of drug use and poly drug use, not just heroin and crack cocaine. ‘Alcohol treatment should be available to all who need it,’ it states. ‘Decision-makers and opinion formers have a responsibility to make sure that taxpayers' money is […]
DDN1806
[…] still being perpetuated. Take, for example, the case of a London user who was involuntarily moved from buprenorphine to methadone because his urine had tested positive for crack cocaine. The move was sanctioned because the key worker and GP were worried about the risk of overdose, and so switched him to methadone while he continued […]
‘Unprecedented’ purity levels for heroin, cocaine and ecstasy
Heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and MDMA are now being sold at ‘unprecedented’ levels of purity, according to the latest DrugWise survey of the UK’s street drugs market. This confirms a trend of rising purity levels detected since 2014, says Highways and buyways: a snapshot of UK drug scenes 2016, which is based on interviews with […]
DDN November 2020
[…] ob what people want, which would also be a key way ob starting to build trust with populations seen as chaotic, hVe believes. âWhat is there bor crack users? AbsoluteVly nothing.â The obvious way to do this is via peers â a âVmassively under- used resource, and theyâre obten treated abysmally and wVonât do […]
DDN2nov09
[…] however, with around two thirds infected in London and Glasgow compared to a quarter in the north east and Wales. Injecting into the groin and injection of crack cocaine, both associated with higher levels of infection, have become more common, while sharing of needles and syringes has declined, the report states. There has also been […]
Young drug and alcohol consumption continues to fall
[…] – at 16.3 per cent – it was still down on 19.3 per cent in 2011/12. Meanwhile, a new Home Office report states that declining heroin and crack use over the last decade – particularly among young people – has gone hand-in-hand with lower rates of acquisitive crime. ‘Studies agree that, in aggregate, heroin/crack […]
Government to set up county lines ‘coordination centre’
[…] to establish a £3.6m National County Lines Coordination Centre as part of its new Serious Violence Strategy. The strategy identifies ‘the changing drugs market’ – in particular, around crack cocaine – as ‘a key driver harming our communities’. Last year saw a 23 per cent increase in the number of people seeking treatment for crack (DDN, […]
DDN June 2020
[…] when taking it orally wasn’t working quickly enough. When my prescription was abruptly cut off I went into withdrawals and ended up swapping to injecting heroin and crack cocaine. After getting myself clean I decided to start a blog to help those who are in my previous shoes and the family and friends of those […]
DDN060130
[…] par t in over two years ago. This enabled me to deal with my demons once and for all. I was a chronic heroin, methadone, subutex and crack user for six years. I met Mike Sarson when I was sleeping rough on the streets, leading a ver y chaotic lifestyle and felt ver y […]
DDN0903
[…] be sharing your building as well. David Gilliverhears how Open in Sandwell hit the ground running Building blocks most still largely opioid-based. Sandwell has problems with both crack and powder cocaine â in common with similar communities across the country, falling prices and widespread availability have meant that cocaine use is no longer the […]
DDN0405
[…] and on the outside of the community and give them the help they need,’ he said. ‘We have introduced a new policy that will mean heroin and crack addicts get treatment in return for benefits. We will actually helpthem rather than simply handing them money which ends up in the pockets of drug dealers. […]
DDN011208
[…] users were in treatment programmes, according to research carried out by the National Drug Evidence Centre at Manchester University. The research team studied around 1,500 opiate and crack cocaine users who had recently offended and were receiving drug treatment in the community rather than serving a jail sentence, meaning they were technically able to commit […]
DDN110906
[…] choices. What we expect and demand for our clients within the community is that regardless of class, religion, gender, sexual orientation and disability, they get a fair crack of the whip. We, as a team at Project 8, have a knowledge and empathy as to why some of our ser vice users would choose […]
The Recovery Street Film Festival – The bigger picture
Junaid tells us how he became involved in making a film for the 2017 Recovery Street Film Festival. In 2015 I was using crack cocaine and daily endangering my own life. I was involved in car crime and mentally and physically not in a very good place. The first time I got arrested and went […]
Young adults seeking heroin or crack treatment at ‘all-time low’
The number of young adults entering treatment for heroin or crack is at its lowest recorded level, according to figures released by the NTA. There was a 23 per cent fall in the number of 18 to 24-year-olds seeking treatment for heroin in the last year alone, to just over 4,000, says Drug treatment […]
DDN3007
[…] t of our strategy. We want to harness the full force of all our law enforcement agencies, from neighbourhood police to the Serious Organised Crime Agency, to crack down on drug dealers so that they stop bringing illegal drugs into communities. We have been successfully thwarting drug dealers: last year, for example, we seized […]
DDN2feb10
[…] since childhood, to give him a chance in life. Aged ten, he had been paid £50 a day to sit on a wall for an hour, selling crack and heroin. This early training led to selling drugs in clubs and a drug habit of his own while living on the streets. Three years ago, […]
January14
[…] vice of the whole British Establishment. Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunbay, b December The news that government advisers want ketamine reclassified from a class C to B drug is more fiddling while the crack pipe burns. The drug wasn’t banned until 2006, but someone who gets caught with it will now face up to five years in prison instead of two. A heavy price, one feels, for the person who wants to anaesthetise themselves of an evening. Send them to prison where drugs are thecurrency? It's almost […]
Jan14
[…] vice of the whole British Establishment. Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunbay, b December The news that government advisers want ketamine reclassified from a class C to B drug is more fiddling while the crack pipe burns. The drug wasn’t banned until 2006, but someone who gets caught with it will now face up to five years in prison instead of two. A heavy price, one feels, for the person who wants to anaesthetise themselves of an evening. Send them to prison where drugs are thecurrency? It's almost […]
One Life Programme
[…] overdose prevention, building and social enterprise and more. Click here for full details of the session. 4.00pm Conference close Speaker Biographies Chris Robin As author of Crack Cocaine, The Open Door and co-founder of Janus Solutions where he has developed The Resonance Factor Chris Robin has never been afraid to ask difficult questions about the traditional […]