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9 results found for '"Substance abuse"' in Keywords.
Jack Straw on effects of glue sniffing (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Labour MP for Blackburn, Jack Straw on the increasing problem of solvent abuse and glue sniffing amongst adolescents in the UK. Male interviewer not identified (poss. Tommy Boyd?).
Solvent abuse bill (1984)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Home Office minister David Mellor on the bill banning of the sale of glue to the under 16s to reduce the numbers of children abusing solvents. Male interviewer not identified.
Priest assault trial (1988)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Tim Crook reports from the Old Bailey on the case of an eighty-year-old priest from Finsbury Park, who was robbed and beaten up in his own church by three youths. Judge Hayman praised Father Reginald Fuller...
David Waddington US drug factfinding tour (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Paul Woodley reports from New York on UK Home Secretary David Waddington’s visit to the USA looking at how they fight the problem of drug addiction. Includes interview with David Waddington.
Michael Jackson in London clinic (1993)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the presence in London of American singer Michael Jackson, said to be receiving treatment for addiction to pain killers, and on the press attempts to track him down. The speakers include: Dr Robert...
Michael Jackson escapes US for addiction treatment (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Larry Feldman, the lawyer of a young boy who has accused Michael Jackson of child abuse, on Jackson’s move to a clinic outside the US for addiction treatment. Interviewer not heard.
Michael Jackson’s lawyer defends the star (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Bert Feilds, Michael Jackson’s lawyer, who claims the star’s trip outside the USA for addiction counselling is not a ruse to escape child abuse allegations made against him.
Michael Jackson child abuse allegations (1993)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Report on the latest in the child abuse allegations against Michael Jackson including police requesting a warrant to examine Jackson naked. Elizabeth Taylor, friend of Jackson’s, says he is receiving...
Michael Jackson addiction treatment (1993)
- Genre
- Press conference
Elizabeth Taylor statement (speaking in Washington) in which she describes her trip to Mexico City where she persuaded singer Michael Jackson to seek medical attention for his drug addiction.