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Interview: Dame Ruth Runciman on drug consumption rooms coming to the UK

Interview: Dame Ruth Runciman on drug consumption rooms coming to the UK Ruth Runciman helped bring needle exchanges to the UK. Now she is chairing a working group to look at the possibility of bringing drug consumption rooms to this country. Here, in a frank interview, she tells Gary Hayes why drug consumption rooms may be the next step in the fight to reduce harm among drug users. We also find out just what she makes of the recent reclassification of cannabis, following the Runciman report which criticised the current drug laws. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Drugs and Alcohol Today Emerald Publishing

Interview: Dame Ruth Runciman on drug consumption rooms coming to the UK

Drugs and Alcohol Today , Volume 4 (3): 4 – Nov 1, 2004

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2004 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1745-9265
DOI
10.1108/17459265200400034
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Abstract

Ruth Runciman helped bring needle exchanges to the UK. Now she is chairing a working group to look at the possibility of bringing drug consumption rooms to this country. Here, in a frank interview, she tells Gary Hayes why drug consumption rooms may be the next step in the fight to reduce harm among drug users. We also find out just what she makes of the recent reclassification of cannabis, following the Runciman report which criticised the current drug laws.

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Drugs and Alcohol TodayEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 1, 2004

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