Druglink article 2014 – 1988-1992: Everything starts with an E
1985 saw the first mention of ecstasy in the UK press. It came in the November edition of a style magazine called The Face. The magazine dubbed ecstasy as ‘the yuppie way of knowledge’, showing that...
View ArticleDruglink article 1998 – From Johnny B to Ebeneezer: Goode times on the dance...
If you’re looking for an explanation for drug use, you can’t go far wrong with culture. And the culture of the last 30 years has been lead by the amp, the guitar and the drum kit. From the psychedelic...
View ArticleDruglink article 1999 – Reading between the lines: Is cocaine becoming the...
Recent concerns about hard drug use among young people have focussed on whether the UK is experiencing a new heroin epidemic with particular concern that the heroin user is younger than ever. While...
View ArticleDruglink article 2014 – Driven by loss: Don’t be in the dark about legal...
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs, Anne-Marie Cockburn and Maryon Stewart were all left shocked and grief stricken when their children died after taking drugs. But they all have something else in common too. They are...
View ArticleDruglink article 2014 – Ten and you’re out: Dance culture by Peggy Whitfield
Ever more restrictive club regulations has seen a return of unlicensed raves.. Illegal raves and free parties have been a ubiquitous part of British life since the late ‘80s. Free parties were born out...
View ArticleDruglink article 2014 – The acid test by David Ader
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD, MDMA and ketamine show promise in the treatment of mental health problems. The crossover between illicit drugs and medicines is nothing new. Opiates like heroin and...
View ArticleDruglink article 2014 – A hidden threat by Mike Power
Much of the media hype around the rise in legal high deaths mask trends that are far more newsworthy and alarming, says Mike Power. A hidden threat (PDF)Read more →
View ArticleDruglink article 2013 – Not sorted for E’s or whizz by Harry Shapiro
While the forensic information has yet to be made public, the tragic death of Nick Bonnie at the Warehouse Project in Manchester (28 September) appears to be the latest in a series of deaths linked...
View ArticleDruglink article 2013 – Bop ’til you drop by Robert Ralphs
This article draws on one of the largest recent dance drug surveys undertaken in the UK using a sample of 2,139 clubbers in the north west. Robert Ralphs reflects on changes that have occurred on the...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2013 – Mad about Molly by Max Daly
This summer a series of deaths of young people after taking the party drug Molly shocked America’s resurgent rave scene. Mad about Molly (PDF)Read more →
View ArticleDruglink article 2013 – Lab-coated pills by Mike Power
With users in the UK dying from ecstasy tablets containing PMA, are Dutch pill – testing strategies the way forward? Or are users lulled into a false sense of security? Mike Power investigates...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2013 – PMA implicated in ecstasy deaths by Mike Power
At least five users in the north-west of England have died after ingesting PMA – sold as ecstasy pills. PMA implicated in ecstasy deaths (PDF)Read more →
View ArticleDruglink article 2000 – Mad for it, ecstatic women by Sharron Hinchliff
Do women use drugs in the same way as men? Are they concerned about the health risks and possible loss of respect? Mad for it, ecstatic women (PDF)Read more →
View ArticleDruglink / DrugWatch factsheet 2012 – PMA / PMMA
PMMA (paramethoxymethylamphetamine) is a Class A stimulant and psychedelic drug. It is structurally similar to methamphetamine and paramethoxyamphetamine (PMA). PMA was created in Canada in 1973 and...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2002 – Ecstasy deaths increase five-fold
Ecstasy deaths have increased five fold since the nineties according to the latest drug-deaths reports. The report from St George’s Medical School will show ecstasy deaths in England and Wales have...
View ArticleDruglink news item 2003 – The politics of rEsearch by Harry Shapiro
The credibility of research into the long-term effects of ecstasy and its interpretation for public consumption has been seriously undermined by revealtions from America. The politics of rEsearch...
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A rogue by any other name
How useful is it to talk about rogue batches of drugs? By Harry Shapiro What do the following have in common? Green apple and rolex; red dragon; yellow grenade; superman; teddy bears and blue ninja...
View ArticleDruglink article 2011 – It’s official: high potency ecstasy makes a comeback...
Old school ecstasy pills containing MDMA are back, according to an analysis of pills recovered by police at Glastonbury Festival. The findings from Glastonbury come at the same time a Scottish drug...
View ArticleDruglink article 2010 – World wired web by Mike Power
The powerful legal stimulant, mephedrone, has opened the door to a seemingly unstoppable virtual drugs market. Mike Power, the first journalist to report on mephedrone in Druglink last March, tracks...
View ArticleDruglink article 2004 – Up up and away by Dominic Streatfeild, Viv Craske,...
History of stimulants: Do the white thing Powder cocaine is fast rivalling cannabis as the socially acceptable drug of choice. Crack, its rock-form offspring, is giving heroin a run for its money as...
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