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DDN060130
[…] Resource Centre, Otago in New Zealand. I found the ‘Fuel for Recovery’ article very interesting (DDN,16 January). The evidence that essential fatty acid (EFA) levels predict future cocaine use better than past cocaine use (in other words, nutritional status has more influence on drug taking compulsions than behaviour does) confirms my experience from treating […]
DDN011208
[…] 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 […]
DDN120109
[…] 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 […]
DDN0903
[…] 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 preserve of upmarket […]
DDN0405
[…] drugs sentences • Scotland unveils new treatment framework • Government plans to extend welfare reform to alcohol • Retention ‘the wrong target’ for treatment • West African cocaine challenges can be overcome says UNODC • News in brief 6 LETTERS AND COMMENT : Food for thought.... and supplemental food for thought; back to school; […]
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 […]
DDN February 2020
[…] 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
[…] drugs most likely to cause a problem for those aged 18-25 are alcohol and cannabis, according to 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 […]
DDN2feb10
[…] in the use of ‘legal highs’ – in particular mephedrone(DDN, 18 January, page 6) – far more drug users are still encountering illegal class A drugs like cocaine and ecstasy, according to a survey of delegates at the DDN/Alliance Right here, right now! service user conference in Birmingham recently. Sixty-three per cent of those […]
DDN0103
[…] drugs most likely to cause a problem for those aged 18-25 are alcohol and cannabis, according to 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 […]
One Life Programme
[…] 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 […]
Drug-related deaths up more than 10 per cent
[…] East, at three times higher than London’s rate. Just under half of all deaths involved an opiate, while there was also a huge rise in deaths involving cocaine – more than 30 per cent up on the previous year, at 1,118. The number of cocaine-related deaths has now risen for 12 consecutive years, ONS states. […]
Drug poisoning deaths hit highest level ever
[…] the same period (DDN, September, page 4). Deaths involving heroin and morphine increased sharply between 2012 and 2014 – from 579 to 952 – while deaths involving cocaine also jumped dramatically, from 169 to 247 in the space of a year. Cocaine-related deaths have now increased for three years in a row, reaching an […]
My, how you’ve changed!
[…] know. Other drugs were showing a similar trend; we began to experience an ageing heroin population, and the use of other drugs such as MDMA, amphetamine and cocaine were not at the levels of the 1990s. Other drugs were apparently tailing off in popularity, but were causing real problems for those who carried on […]
News in brief
Big spenders Drug users in the US spend an estimated $100bn annually on cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine, according to a White House-commissioned report from the Rand Corporation. Total expenditure is driven by a ‘minority of heavy users who consume on 21 or more days each month’, says What America’s users spend on illegal […]
Number of adults in treatment up by 7 per cent
[…] treatment for alcohol. The number of adults entering treatment was up from just under 138,000 to almost 159,000, with the proportion of people starting treatment for powder cocaine reaching its highest ever level, at 19 per cent. A fifth of people starting treatment had no home of their own, rising to almost 40 per […]
Cranstoun response to Scottish drug deaths: evidence must prevail to prevent tragedy
[…] in Scotland were a shocking 15 times more likely to die from a drugs death than those from the least deprived areas. Increases in deaths related to cocaine are also on a sharp trajectory upwards highlighting the complexity of the crisis. Context Cranstoun work closely with Scottish Government and local councils to find solutions […]
Taking drugs has never been more dangerous, warns NCA
[…] consumed unintentionally alongside other drugs such as heroin and/or benzodiazepines, with very small quantities capable of leading to overdose and death,’ the document says. Global production of cocaine is up Alongside the growing availability of synthetic opioids, global production of cocaine is also up, with UNODC highlighting a 35 per cent increase between 2020 […]
Nitazenes ‘increasingly posing major health risks’, warns UNODC
[…] can ‘rapidly affect trends in drug-related deaths’, UNODC states, ‘with substances such as isotonitazene, protonitazene and metonitazene increasingly identified in drug deaths in Estonia and Latvia’. Global cocaine production reached a new record high in 2022 The Taliban’s opium ban has led to a 95 per cent fall in production in Afghanistan since 2022 […]
Review of the year – 2023
[…] with the substance are ‘not commensurate with control under the Misuse of Drugs Act’ and a ban would put ‘disproportionate burdens’ on its legitimate use. Meanwhile, global cocaine production increases by 35 per cent in just two years following a COVID-related slowdown, says UNODC. ‘The surge in the global cocaine supply should put all […]
Letters
[…] in fact recovery was commonplace. In one of the reviewed studies, for example, Lopez-Quintero et al (‘Probability and predictors of remission from life-time nicotine, alcohol, cannabis or cocaine dependence’, Addiction, 2011) found that of those addicted to cocaine, 27 per cent had stopped using the drug after two years, 51 per cent had stopped […]
Canadian province decriminalises opioids and cocaine
The Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) has decriminalised the use of drugs including opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA. The national government’s health department, has granted British Columbia an exemption under the country’s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act People found in possession of up to 2.5g of drugs will no longer be arrested or […]
COVID fails to dent ‘resilient’ European drug market
[…] social media platforms and the dark web, says EMCDDA, with the result that ‘a long-term impact of the pandemic could be the further digitalisation of drug markets’. Cocaine remains the second most-used drug in the EU after cannabis, with purity remaining at high levels. A record 213 tonnes were seized in 2019 and preliminary […]
Cross-party MPs demand reform of UK drug laws
[…] 250,000 – an increase of 2,500% • Cannabis use has increased from around half a million people to over 2.5 million – an increase of 400% • Cocaine seizures have increased from around 6kg a year to over 4,000kg a year, a 666 fold increase, but the UK still has the highest rate of […]
DDN060508
[…] to become one of the most permissive countries in the world when it comes to narcotics, by lifting its ban on small amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine possession. The government said legislation would let authorities concentrate on violent drug gangs, but the move appalled their nor thern neighbours. The Mayor of San Diego, […]
DDN060410
[…] has been grounded in public service agreements,’ said Vic Hogg, head of the Drug Strategy Directorate. The focus had been on the ‘most dangerous drugs, heroin and cocaine’, but the harm index – ‘a system that brings together all harms drugs cause to society into a basket and values them’ – had shown that […]
DDN060508
[…] to become one of the most permissive countries in the world when it comes to narcotics, by lifting its ban on small amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine possession. The government said legislation would let authorities concentrate on violent drug gangs, but the move appalled their nor thern neighbours. The Mayor of San Diego, […]
DDN060227
[…] 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 […]
DDN3007
[…] than simply order young people that they should not use illegal substances, this means telling young people about the increased risk of hear t attacks associated with cocaine and the mental health effects of cannabis. This has been the approach of the ‘Frank’ campaign, which has benefited from over £23m of government funds in […]
DDN1806
[…] work. He drinks now and again, and is a non smoker who exercises regularly. He has admitted to me that sometimes on a night out he takes cocaine and other drugs. He doesn't see this as a problem and tells me that it is just par t and parcel of modern Britain. Should I […]
DDN260207
[…] patients presenting to the department did so on the night of the alleged incident, so even drugs with a short detection window should still have shown up. Cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and opiates, specifically codeine and morphine, were detected. Researchers did also note that some of the patients may have had their drinks spiked with […]
DDN290107
[…] 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 […]
DDN1003
[…] reducing the demand for drugs.’ The report also offers a regional breakdown across member state areas. West Africa is ‘rapidly developing into a major smuggling route for cocaine from Latin America through and into Europe’ it says, something that countries there are largely powerless to tackle. Italso calls on Afghanistan to do more to […]
DDN2801
[…] and Yatunde Diya from Nor th London were arrested trying to board a plane in the capital Accra last July. They both denied tr ying to smuggle cocaine in two laptop bags but the prosecution claimed they had been involved from the star t. The London Metro, 23 Januar y One of Nor thern […]
DDN1401
[…] the injectors reported having shared needles in the same period. Nearly a quarter those reporting use of heroin, and almost half (44 per cent) reporting use of cocaine, lived in the Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS region. Scottish minister for community safety, Fergus Ewing, promised a renewed emphasis on both promoting recovery and prevention […]
Psychoactive challenge
[…] new drugs, some people seem paralysed by abbreviations and slang names. But those same workers were skilled at working with people who had cravings, were bingeing on cocaine, or who were experiencing bad ecstasy-related comedowns. Reinforcing that their skills are transferable to newer compounds can leave workers empowered and more confident in engaging with […]
DDN260109
[…] Portman Group’s independent complaints panel has upheld a complaint against a beer called Speedball, brought by Alcohol Focus Scotland. Named after the practice of combining heroin and cocaine, the beer is marketed as a ‘class A ale’ with a ‘vicious cocktail of active ingredients.’ The beer’s producer, BrewDog, was ‘seriously misguided in its claim […]
DDN June 2020
[…] COVID-19 and drub supplym, increasinb the risk that people may switch to fentanyl or its derivatives. Afbhanistan’s poppy harvest is beinb affected by the pandemicm, as is cocaine production in Colombia, which has bmeen hit by basoline shortabes. Disruption of air amnd land routes because of COVID-19 has also had a majorm impact on […]
Numbers seeking treatment for crack up nearly 20 per cent
[…] (DDN, December/January, page 5), with the figure now standing at more than 4,300. 18 per cent increase in the number of people seeking treatment for crack cocaine The numbers, taken from National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) data, show more people in treatment for crack problems across all age categories, including younger age […]
Puncturing the myths?
[…] and migraines, but is also used to treat other types of pain. In the substance use field acupuncture has been a popular alternative treatment for people with cocaine use problems – though this may have had more to do with the lack of an accepted conventional treatment than the particular merits of acupuncture, and […]
Drug poisoning deaths highest ever
[…] for the same period (DDN, September, page 4). Deaths involving heroin and morphine increased sharply between 2012 and 2014 – from 579 to 952 – while deaths involving cocaine also jumped dramatically, from 169 to 247 in the space of a year. Cocaine-related deaths have now increased for three years in a row, reaching an […]
300m drug users world-wide by ‘end of century’
[…] global patterns of use and health consequences have largely remained stable, says the document, which estimates that problem drug users – primarily those dependent on heroin or cocaine – number around 27m worldwide, approximately 0.6 per cent of the world’s population. However, clear data for Africa and Asia – which jointly account for around […]
News in brief
Cocaine cutting agents More than 50 different cutting agents have been identified in cocaine, including some that can cause ‘serious medical harm’, according to an ACMD evidence review. ACMD initiated the review because of concerns over ‘increased consumption and a perception that the drug is “safe”,’ it says. Evidence is best Evidence-based practices […]
Media savvy
[…] can do – even highly publicised killings by cannabis abusers. Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, 26 October Colombians would dispute the claim that Fry repeated on Newsnight: that, with cocaine consumption, ‘I’m the only person I hurt’. For them, a long line, more of blood than of powder, links the smallholdings of Cauca or Antioquia to the toilets […]
White paper will set out new sanctions for drugs offences, says Malthouse
The government has reignited the controversy around punishments for ‘middle class cocaine users’ with the announcement that a forthcoming white paper will set out tough new sanctions for drugs offences. People who choose to take drugs on a “casual” basis will face meaningful consequences Writing in The Telegraph, crime and policing minister Kit Malthouse […]
Revolutionary new £7m rehab centre inspired by journey of recovery
A man in recovery from alcohol and cocaine addiction is preparing to launch a £7m rehab and behavioural health centre – the only purpose-built facility of its kind in the UK.
‘Biggest ever’ drugs importation operation busted
[…] discovered. They are thought to be part of the UK arm of a ‘well-established’ organised crime group that used Dutch and British front companies to import heroin, cocaine and cannabis hidden in lorries carrying vegetables and juice. The group is responsible for importing more than 50 tonnes of drugs, says the agency, with six […]
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 […]
Government to set up county lines ‘coordination centre’
[…] 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, […]
Smoking crack cocaine
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Media savvy
[…] It would be hard to imagine a less deserving case for free healthcare than Callie, a US citizen who was jailed in 2007 for supplying heroin and cocaine. I am sorry that he is said to be depressed and to suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure, but he was part of a trade […]
DDN 050516
[…] – success under any name is a triumph "Evidence for controlled heroin use "A road less travelled – Sweden’s pursuit of abstinence "The other side of the cocaine route – saving lives in Jamaica "Approaches to addiction series 5: Psychodynamic approaches to addiction Drugs And Alcohol Todayaims to bring readers the best in new […]
Danish lessons
[…] consider what might be coming our way. Denmark’s population of 5.6m includes an estimated 17,000 injecting drug users, principally using opiates but with an increasing use of cocaine. National statistics for drug-related deaths, collected by the police since 1970, and by the health service since 1995, show that since 2000 there have been around […]
DDN December 2024/January 2025
[…] hangover… be careful not to overdo the legally sanctioned fun. Slightly confusing then, to look at a substance through both lenses. We’re familiar with the devastating effect cocaine can have on lives. What’s interesting is the cultural normalisation that’s contributing to the statistics (p6). If drug use starts in a safe setting and escalates, […]
Different class
[…] in wheelchairs with limbs missing (as result of infected femoral vein injection sites) slumber in public under the influence of Lady Morphia or wheel around in crack cocaine induced confusion. Homeless people lie in shop doorways or on the pavement. The inner city of Manchester today makes the Piccadilly Gardens of 1985 look like […]
Government accepts ACMD’s ketamine recommendation
[…] 2011 and reversing the declining trend of recent years (DDN, March 2013, page 5). There was also an increase in the proportion of deaths involving stimulants including cocaine, following a decline in 2009 and stabilisation in 2010. London had the highest proportion of cocaine-related deaths at 15.2 per cent, while Liverpool recorded more drug-related […]
Government accepts ACMD’s ketamine recommendation
[…] 2011 and reversing the declining trend of recent years (DDN, March 2013, page 5). There was also an increase in the proportion of deaths involving stimulants including cocaine, following a decline in 2009 and stabilisation in 2010. London had the highest proportion of cocaine-related deaths at 15.2 per cent, while Liverpool recorded more drug-related […]
Bet your life
[…] received more than 255 referrals and treated over 150 people. The majority of those treated required a detox, with substances ranging from alcohol, cannabis and ketamine to cocaine, crack cocaine and heroin. This pathway is groundbreaking and offers people the chance of a seamless treatment pathway to help address their co-morbidities and gambling addiction. […]
The easiest win
[…] the latest OHID figures, around half of people in treatment are smokers, but less than 5 per cent have even been offered a smoking cessation referral (www.drinkanddrugsnews.com/ten-per-cent-increase-in-people-entering-treatment-for- cocaine). ‘There is a massive mismatch,’ says MacKintosh. ‘Think about dual diagnosis. We’ve been banging on about this for a quarter of a century, but often it’s […]
DDN_November_2023
[…] known as nitazenes, have adulterated a number of illicit drugs in the UK. Itâs not clear exactly when this began, but evidence of them being present in cocaine and heroin was detected in 2021. Nitazenes are broadly equipotent to the fentanyls â or in laymanâs terms, theyâre many times stronger than heroin and morphine. […]