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Doorstep Challenge
[…] and Crime Commissioner, explained. The office had begun by looking at the scale of the drug problem in the region, with the cost of heroin and crack cocaine users calculated as £1.4bn and the cost of crime committed by the average heroin or crack user as £26,000. A drug policy summit had involved the […]
DDN190606
[…] problem in this country at the moment. Crystal meth, a derivative of amphetamine, is a potent drug when smoked, and gives an intense ‘rush’ similar to crack cocaine. It can be highly addictive, and is associated with psychotic behaviour. The ACMD’s advice, which was supported by the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, […]
DDN250906
[…] 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 […]
Harm Reduction International Conference
[…] poor are staying poor.’ West Africa had become a drug trafficking hub, and although less than 0.5 per cent of Africans had reported use of heroin or cocaine, there was increasing availability of both, along with amphetamine-type substances, he stated. There were also significant levels of injecting reported in Kenya, Mauritius, South Africa and […]
UN highlights ‘alarming’ rise in new drugs
[…] users of one or another illicit substances,’ the report states. Opiate use has remained stable, says the document, with heroin use apparently declining in Europe, while the cocaine market is expanding in South America and in Asia’s emerging economies. Around 1.6m people who inject drugs are estimated to be living with HIV, and there […]
UN highlights ‘alarming’ rise in new drugs
[…] users of one or another illicit substances,’ the report states. Opiate use has remained stable, says the document, with heroin use apparently declining in Europe, while the cocaine market is expanding in South America and in Asia’s emerging economies. Around 1.6m people who inject drugs are estimated to be living with HIV, and there […]
DDN120207
[…] any change that is contemplated, the person has his/her own set of pros and cons for both the current (egcocaine use) and the new behaviour (abstinence from cocaine). The resulting decisional balance will help the person take action or not. The second of these markers of change concerns the strength of a person’s perceived […]
DDN0505
[…] Like many market towns, Bur y and Newmarket have ver y strong night time economies, with all the attendant problems of alcohol misuse, and anecdotal evidence suggests cocaine use is on the rise. There is also a growing heroin problem. ‘It used to be that you couldn’t get heroin in Bur y, but that’s […]
Counsellor Acorn House 2 days
[…] Knowledge and Skills 4. An excellent understanding o f the complex needs and problems that confront those with a history of problematic substance misuse including crack cocaine (DANOS Unit AB2) 5. Knowledge and ability to plan, deliver and evaluate group work with substance users. (DANOS Unit AI3) 6. Ab le to […]
Brighton considers ‘consumption rooms’
[…] commission coming back to look at what has been taken up in 12 months time,’ a council spokesperson told DDN. There are around 2,000 problem heroin and cocaine users in the city, according to the commission, with almost 1,500 people attending drug treatment services in Brighton in 2011-12. ‘We have a relatively high number […]
Brighton to consider ‘consumption rooms’
[…] urges that young people’s services be separate, so that younger users ‘don’t have to mix with older, more established users’. There are around 2,000 problem heroin and cocaine users in the city, according to the commission, with almost 1,500 people attended drug treatment services in Brighton in 2011-12. ‘We have a relatively high number […]
DDN090209
[…] underlying causes of ADHD type behaviours remaining untreated and so increasing the risk of self- medication with food, alcohol or drugs. For some, drugs like caffeine, nicotine, cocaine and amphetamine enable them to focus and follow through on tasks and goals. Others use drugs like alcohol and cannabis to soothe overactive ‘alarm response’ and […]
DDN070909
[…] per cent increase on 2007 and the highest number since 2001 – according to Health statistics quarterly. The figures include both illegal and legal drugs. Deaths involving cocaine had rise by 20 per cent since 2007 to 235, while 897 related to heroin or morphine, an 8 per cent increase and again the highest […]
Nothing to declare
[…] Brian had been involved in the IRA and had a house with floorboards full of drugs and guns. When Nick introduced me, Brian had a pile of cocaine in front of him and was paranoid that the terrorist squad was watching his house. I thought it was all front. I would learn that there […]
Inner Strength
[…] cent have committed non-violent offences.’ Links were made between crime and drug-related issues, with the claim that ‘over half of women in prison report having used heroin, cocaine or crack in the four weeks prior to entry.’ The Prison Reform Trust advocated treating prisoners and their families with ‘humanity and respect,’ and Earle described […]
Heroin deaths continue to fall
[…] to 31 per cent between 2010 and 2011, while deaths involving other opiates including prescription painkillers rose by six per cent to 28 per cent. Deaths involving cocaine rose from 8.7 to 9.2 per cent of the total and amphetamines from 2.9 to 3.7 per cent. The report covers deaths that have been formally […]
I am a…
[…] almost ten years’ experience in this field. However, following the loss of a role that I loved, I had a cataclysmic relapse. Back in the whirlpool of cocaine and alcohol addiction, I very nearly died. With the support of my father, I re-engaged with the local drug and alcohol service in February 2020. I […]
June Letters and Comment
[…] 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 […]
DDN Diary Dates
[…] of training providers please click here. Support and Social Alcoholics Anonymous UK Links to online meetings and peer support. www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk – – – – – – Cocaine Anonymous Links to online meetings and peer support. www.ca-online.org – – – – – – Making a Difference Together A Slack channel open for information sharing across […]
Coronavirus advice
[…] online services free for substance misuse organisations to help manage self isolation and social distancing during COVID-19. Link. Broadway Lodge: Catch up with their new podcast. Link. Cocaine Anonymous: Online meetings. Link. DrinkCoach: Online support and advice for people worried about their drinking. Link. Eileen Wellings: Hypnotherapist with over 20 years experience offering online […]
Heroin Assisted Treatment – A helping hand
[…] for a long time without getting traction politically,’ he said. The game changer had been an outbreak of HIV, where the common factors were injecting heroin and cocaine in public spaces. A report, Taking away the chaos, led to a formal health needs assessment and brought in the international evidence – and among the […]
Northern Ireland records highest drug death total
[…] recorded in 2018 involved three or more drugs, with 115 mentioning an opioid on the death certificate. More than 40 per cent mentioned diazepam, while deaths involving cocaine rose from just 13 in 2017 to 28, the highest level recorded. The number of deaths mentioning pregabalin has also risen significantly, up from nine in […]
Having a ball
[…] you forget there is a life outside of it; you need to remember you can enjoy yourself.’ Daniel, 25, is in recovery from an alcohol and crack cocaine addiction that began in 2007. He knew his attachment to crack came at a price, but it wasn’t until four years had passed and Daniel had […]
Survival strategies
[…] it didn’t count towards your key performance indicators that were linked to money. So I think we took our eye off the ball around things like powder cocaine in particular.’ All of this has been compounded by ‘decimation’ of funding for young people’s services, she points out. ‘Part of the problem is that few […]
Inside Out
[…] lonely – my husband worked a lot. My drinking pattern progressed and I became more depressed, then hooked on antidepressants from my GP. I had my first cocaine at 30 and it got progressively worse. I had three children when my husband asked me for a divorce. I was drinking in public toilets and […]
Gambling Addiction Guide
[…] made national headlines after the government cut the maximum stake it was possible to place on controversial fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) – often called the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ – from £100 to £2, while a 2019 paper published in the BMJ argued for a revision of the 2005 Gambling Act to include […]
Drug poisoning admissions continue to rise
[…] cent of young people accessing treatment did so for cannabis, with 44 per cent for alcohol, 14 per cent for ecstasy and 10 per cent for powder cocaine. Less than 1 per cent sought treatment for opiates, although the number was up from 187 to 216 compared to the previous year. A third of […]
I’m Dudley and this is my story
[…] only one that had lost my way, so it was inevitable that it needed to happen sooner or later. I’d been addicted for 27 years to crack cocaine, heroin and all other different substances. Change Grow Live helped me by sending me to rehab. I was asked ‘would you like to go?’ and at […]
What a long strange trip it’s been
[…] apocalyptic headlines. The government re-classifies magic mushrooms to class A, and – not for the last time – Britons are identified as among Europe’s biggest consumers of cocaine. 2006 The government warns drugs gangs to ‘be afraid’ as it launches the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), while – in a sign of how much […]
‘It’s like two different people going through a battle you can’t see’
[…] Evidence of his drug use shouldn’t be used to make him feel bad, not while we were on holiday. But our friend was shocked. “You’re still taking cocaine?” he asked. Read the full article on Addaction’s Blog. DDN magazine is a free publication self-funded through advertising. We are proud to work in partnership with […]
Drug-related deaths highest since records began
[…] while the female rate increased for the ninth consecutive year to 47.5 per million. While more than half of all drug poisonings involved an opiate, deaths involving cocaine have now risen for seven years in a row and almost doubled between 2015 and 2018 – to 637. Fentanyl deaths, however, remained stable at 74. […]
Scotland’s drug death toll at record high
[…] the total. Worryingly, methadone was implicated in, or potentially contributed to, 47 per cent of the deaths, and benzodiazepines to 67 per cent. Deaths involving MDMA and cocaine were also the highest since records began. People aged 35-44 accounted for 37 per cent of the deaths, and those aged 45-54 for 29 per cent. […]
Media Savvy
[…] potent strains of cannabis and psychosis, for example, but the fact those strains have spread owes much to their illegality. You could say similar things about crack cocaine and heroin, or Spice, the horrible synthetic cannabinoid that now saturates our prisons. Legalisation of cannabis in some American states has, admittedly, led to a free-for-all, […]
A Tangled Web: drug purchasing on the darknet
[…] this impact on the UK drugs scene? Some drugs markets such as the UK homegrown cannabis market or the more ‘traditionally’ smuggled drugs such as heroin and cocaine will probably experience less disruption from these darknet closures. Indeed, closing down the online competition effectively ‘gifts’ a large market to the existing street suppliers – […]
Scots record highest ever drug-related hospital admissions
[…] help link people up with appropriate community based services.’ The trend in increasing admission rates for younger patients was also ‘worrying’, he added, and mainly linked to cocaine and cannabinoid use. Meanwhile, a report from Audit Scotland shows a 71 per cent increase in drug-related deaths in Scotland since 2009, with 76 per cent […]
CZAR GAZING – How do we get more for less?
[…] we have to be brave enough to do less of something. The demand has increased – from the diversification of drug problems (no longer just daily heroin/ cocaine use) and the (perfectly sensible) addition of primary alcohol users to the system. And the resources are reducing – around 20 per cent in the last […]
CZAR GAZING – Finding the right balance
[…] two problems. The first is a mismatch between presenting needs and allocation of resources. Our treatment system has been built around the needs of daily heroin and/or cocaine users. As this cohort has aged, there are new generations presenting to services with similar patterns of use, but many more whose problems are with cannabis, […]
Adapt and thrive
[…] We need to do a lot more thinking about this – if there are exciting things coming down the line like vaccinations to neutralise the effects of cocaine, for example, or long-lasting versions of buprenorphine, then how do these fit in? We need to be skilled practitioners in knowing what’s right for people.’ It […]
Street Smart: integrated outreach
[…] details of Connections at St Martins, a day centre where they can register for support services. Since April 2018 I have engaged with 112 clients, with heroin, cocaine and spice being the most commonly used drugs. Age and gender vary – women often have more complex needs, but can also be more engaged with […]
Government reverses controversial FOBT delay
[…] the resignation of sports minister Tracey Crouch. The reduction will now be brought forward to next April. It is estimated that the machines – often called the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ – can account for around half of betting shop takings, with the Association of British Bookmakers stating that the maximum stake reduction would lead to […]
Playing the long game
[…] pubs and clubs and I married a barmaid. She’s part of my story, and I’m part of hers. Her drug of choice at the time was crack cocaine. I knew she took a little bit but over the six years we were together it developed. It was a very volatile relationship – we were […]
Media Savvy
[…] Norman, Independent, 3 June For a generation obsessed with all things ethical, isn’t it unethical to buy drugs when there’s so much baggage surrounding the trade?… with cocaine use on the rise in Britain – an estimated 3.6p per cent of millennials took the drug last year, well above the EU average – this […]
Family Matters- Stigma sticks
[…] phone stopped ringing, people crossed the street to avoid them, trust disintegrated at work or people became twitchy about their property. One wife whose husband was using cocaine said: ‘I’ve stopped going out and communicating with anyone, and I can’t mention his name to my family as it is like mud. They probably think […]
PCCs lead the call for change
[…] started to look at the situation in their area some ‘killer facts’ had emerged – not only were there more than 22,000 people using heroin or crack cocaine but ‘children are affected, social services – the costs are enormous. Half of all burglary is to feed a habit, and the cost on all public […]
Hit Hot Topics: The word on the streets
[…] the US, scientists ‘couldn’t even use harm reduction in the title of a paper’ for it to be accepted. Drug terminology became the language of fear: ‘Crack cocaine is the principle cause of urban ghettos’, President Reagan’s drug czar William Bennett had said in the 1980s. Even now, 40 years later, discussions take place […]
Just Be Yourself: support in the LGBT+ community
[…] met someone who didn’t drink. Maybe I would stop drinking now, I thought. Sadly I had fallen in love with someone who was on heroin and crack cocaine and I quite quickly became addicted. My life took a whole new downward turn. The weight fell off and I really did look like an Aids […]
DDN Residential Directory Autumn2017
[…] for adults over 18 who require assisted withdrawal from addictive substances from any combination 4of alcohol, heroin, recreational drugs, prescription drugs, st4imulants such as co4caine and crack cocaine, solvents and cannabis. bocus12www.focus12.co.uk • 01284 701702 Bury St Edmunds, Detox Centre Focus12 is a community ba4sed residential treatment centre offering intensiv4e primary treatment of alcoholism […]
Young adults seeking heroin or crack treatment at ‘all-time low’
[…] remains the main problem drug, with over 96,000 of the total treatment population of 197,000 seeking treatment for heroin dependency, and 63,000 for heroin and crack. Powder cocaine accounted for just 5 per cent of the treatment population, and cannabis 8 per cent. The current recession had not produced the same levels of youth […]
Lasting impressions
[…] on adult responsibilities or living in households where people misuse substances – are twice as likely to binge drink and 11 times more likely to use crack cocaine or heroin. If children regularly use substances from an early age, it can substantially impact their neurobiological and cognitive development, as well as affecting their ability […]
It’s where you’re at…
[…] to unmet needs and unreached groups, the afternoon session highlighted the ongoing needs of the more ‘traditional’ harm reduction clients – particularly those injecting heroin and crack cocaine. Nigel Brunsdon from HIT provided insight into the deeply ingrained rituals – or ‘foreplay’ – of drug preparation and why these can be so hard to […]
Highest number of drug deaths in quarter of a century
[…] time since 2012 – to 935 from the previous year’s 957 – although female heroin/morphine deaths increased from 244 to 274, their highest recorded level. Deaths related to cocaine were also at their highest levels since records began, at 371 – up by almost 170 per cent since 2012 – while deaths relating to the prescription […]
Sarah Newton MP comments on the new drug strategy
[…] of other psychoactive substances, image and performance enhancing drugs, ‘chemsex’ drugs, and misuse of prescription medicines. The pressing needs of an ageing cohort of heroin and crack cocaine users add to the problem. As minister for crime, safeguarding and vulnerability it is my responsibility to ensure that we do everything we can to tackle […]
Height of ecstasy
[…] Welsh testing site WEDINOS, samples bought as powder or crystal MDMA contained a range of compounds including previously legal NPS such as methylone, mephedrone and a-PVP, alongside cocaine, caffeine, speed and a host of other compounds. There is no easy way for end users to assess pill strength, or the content of powders and […]
Overdose deaths up across Europe
[…] Europe are ‘fuelling innovation’ and development of products such as vaporisers and e-liquids that could eventually affect patterns of use in the EU, the report adds, while cocaine purity and availability is also rising across the continent. ‘Our latest findings suggest that responses to new psychoactive substances, such as new legislation and measures targeting […]
Safe Corner
[…] of cannabis or opium must be prevented – premises owners do not contravene the act by allowing the possession or injecting of controlled drugs like heroin or cocaine. Yet, based on statements from Sussex Police (a key stakeholder), the Home Office, and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the working group determined that […]
Tailored treatment needed for prescription drug misuse, says ACMD
[…] adds, while ‘unethical’ online sales of prescription drugs via unregistered pharmacies are also increasing, with some people using prescription drugs to manage the comedown from stimulants like cocaine. Alongside prescription opioids, the most commonly diverted drug types are benzodiazepines and ‘Z drugs’, as well as pregabalin, gabapentin and anti-psychotics. The report wants to see […]
A participant’s view: Highlights from the GPs’ conference
[…] provision of naloxone, but also to it being provided to prisoners on release. Prof David Nutt, former advisor to the ACMD, then talked about how opiate and cocaine-related deaths were at their highest ever, and that there was a need to push for allowing cannabis for medical use in England, as it was in […]
‘A national tragedy’ – Record drug fatalities for Scotland
[…] or potentially contributed to 74 deaths, only three were thought to have been caused by NPS alone. The figure for benzodiazepines, meanwhile, stood at 191 deaths and cocaine at 93. ‘The deaths are heavily concentrated in our poorest communities and if you look behind the lives of most people who have died you will […]
Record drug fatalities ‘a national tragedy’ for Scotland
[…] or potentially contributed to 74 deaths, only three were thought to have been caused by NPS alone. The figure for benzodiazepines, meanwhile, stood at 191 deaths and cocaine at 93. ‘The deaths are heavily concentrated in our poorest communities and if you look behind the lives of most people who have died you will […]
Behind Closed Doors
[…] Behaviour among Women in Methadone Treatment. A.M. J. Drug Alcohol Abuse 2009, 35, 305-310. Freeman, Collier, Pirrill, Early Life Sex Abuse is a Risk Factor for Crack Cocaine Use in the Sample of Community Recruited Women at High Risk for Illicit Drug Use, 2002, 28, 109-131. Edwards Lee & Lyvers, Childhood Sexual Abuse and […]