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Drugs and drug treatment

Drugs and drug treatment. An introduction. Harry Shapiro. Director of Communications and Information DrugScope. What is DrugScope?. UK’s main drug information charity since 1968 UK’s largest drug sector membership organisation

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Drugs and drug treatment

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  1. Drugs and drug treatment An introduction

  2. Harry Shapiro Director of Communications and Information DrugScope

  3. What is DrugScope? • UK’s main drug information charity since 1968 • UK’s largest drug sector membership organisation • Main point of call for media comment and background on drugs issues • The DMZ

  4. The 1980s • Recession • Iranian revolution • Smokeable heroin (UK) • Smokeable cocaine (US)

  5. Drug headlines • Overall illegal drug in the UK has been relatively stable for the past ten years • Cocaine powder is the exception • Price and purity levels of most drugs coming down • But new market in ‘home-grown’ cannabis producing a stronger product • Heroin and crack present the most problems for society as a whole • Heroin population growing older • Drug problems of younger people – cannabis, alcohol, cocaine • New drugs – ketamine, GBL, legal highs

  6. Ecstasy Cannabis Amphetamine Heroin Methadone Cocaine and crack LSD Mushrooms Solvents GHB Ketamine Methamphetamine Tranquillisers GBL Spice Methadrone Salvia BZP INTERNET The next level?

  7. Heroin

  8. Methadone

  9. Crack

  10. Cocaine

  11. Amphetamine

  12. Prescription drugs 1 Subutex [Buprenorphine] Morphgesic[Morphine] DF118 [Dihydrocodeine] Temgesic [Buprenorphine] Physeptone [Methadone] Ritalin

  13. Prescription drugs II Codeine Valoid [Cyclizine] Diazepam Temazepam Prozac Viagra illicit Viagra pharmacuetical

  14. Drug treatment – the headlines • 200,000 in treatment out of estimated problem drug using population of 320,000 (heroin/crack) in England • Typical profile – white, male heroin user in early thirties • Three times more men in treatment than women • Most common referral routes – self 40%; criminal justice 27% • Waiting times down to less than than three weeks for most modalities • More than three-quarters of clients stayed in treatment for twelve weeks or more

  15. Types of drug services • Advice and information • Harm reduction • Community prescribing • Counselling and psycho-social support • Structured day programmes • Detox • Rehab • Self-help

  16. Some current issues • Abstinence v Harm Reduction • Recovery • Welfare Reform • Independent Safeguarding Authority

  17. The Scapegoat

  18. Further information • www.drugscope.org.uk • Info@drugscope.org.uk

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