Just been reading one of your papers, the about amphetamine control, DDA boxes and the
effects on the Northern Scene with regard to Intravenous drug use and progression in opiates etc.
Pretty spot on IMHO, more or less reflects my own experiences of the time.
One small point I would make and I might have missed if you made it in the paper.
The presence of Barbs in the DDA, I would argue, was a larger factor in the change of type of drug use, from speed to downers.
Then consequently onto opiates etc, due to the similar kind of "out of it" effect.
Initially we would use Barbs to overcome the over effects of too much gear,but some people would
also use them mid week just to get out of it.They then started to like them.
Next stop was Dike or Morph or Smack.
Kegsy