Stories
- Article
Transforming the decorative into dissent
Discover how embroidered messages by two ‘troublesome’ women in 19th-century asylums are mirrored in the therapeutic quilting work of writer Rachel May.
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Healing through ink
Taking an approach learned from his OCD treatment, Josh Weeks faced his fear of getting tattoos, and embraced inking as part of the healing process.
Catalogue
- Journals
Needle.
Date: 1970-1973- Archives and manuscripts
Needle Exchange Schemes
Date: 1987Reference: SA/DRS/A/1/10/4Part of: DrugScope- Digital Images
- Online
Needle and thread stitching up a wound, artwork
Mary Rouncefield- Books
Needle exchange in Sheffield : an evaluation / Bethan Roberts.
Roberts, Bethan.Date: [1990]- Books
Needle sharing among intravenous drug abusers: national and international perspectives / Editors, Robert J. Battjes, Roy W. Pickens.
Date: 1988