This is just a small selection of my books and articles.
Books
Fierce Chemistry: A History of UK Drug Wars
Jack Bruce: composing himself: the authorised biography
With a Foreword by Eric Clapton. Published by Jawbone 2010
Waiting for the Man: the story of drugs and music. Helter Skelter, 2003
First published in 1989 by Quartet in hardback, then in paperback by Mandarin 1990, with a revised edition published by Helter Skelter in 199x. Translated into German and Italian and published in the USA by Morrow
Shooting stars: drugs, Hollywood and the movies. Serpents Tail, 2003
Eric Clapton: lost in the blues. Guinness, 1992
New edition of Slowhand first published by Proteus Books in 1982. Translated in German, Italian and Japanese and published in the USA
Graham Bond – the mighty shadow. Guinness, 1992
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Gypsy. Heinemann, 1990
Shortlisted for the Ralph J. Gleason music book prize. Translated into Italian and Japanese and published in the USA by St Martin’s Press
Alexis Korner: the biography, Bloomsbury, 1996
Recreational drugs: a directory. Collins and Brown, 2004
Published in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA
Facts on drugs and sport. Gloucester Press, 1989
Facts on inhalants. Gloucester Press, 1989
Both books for schools
Articles
From Chaplin to Charlie: cocaine and the movies: Journal of Drug Education, Policy and Practice 2002
Dances with drugs: in: Drugs: cultures, controls and everyday life edited by Nigel South. Sage, 1999
Ecstasy leaflet in support of Channel 5 documentary 1997
Student survival guide – section on drugs – Independent on Sunday October, 1995
Parents and drugs – lead article in Daily Telegraph supplement on drugs – October 1994
Where does all the snow go?: prevalence and patterns of cocaine and crack use in Britain. In: Cocaine and Crack in Britain. Edited by Dr Philip Bean. MacMillan, 1993.
Tripping the light fantastic: the phenomenon of the hallucinogens (co-authored with Dr John Strang). In: The International Handbook of Addiction. Edited by Dr Ilena Glass. Routledge, 1991.
Running scared: the use of drugs in sport (editorial). British Journal of Addiction1991
Drug-using parents. Nursing Standard 1990
Crack – the story so far. Health Education Journal 1989
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