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John talks about the emergence of HIV across the UK. He describes the development of 'harm reduction' as a term, and goes on to describe what he was able to take from Manchester to London. He talks of his work with Ruth Runciman on the ACMD, and his role with the Department of Health.
John uses the example of the legalisation of homosexuality to illustrate the need to take context into account.
John explains how his view moved from one that saw drug use mechanistically to one that considered people as rational decision makers.
John explains the process by which he discovered certain kinds of research may be favoured
John describes the publishing of his book The Myth of Addiction, and early responses to it.
John covers the underlying moral underpinning to the drugs issue. He goes on to discuss D L Davis, evidence and hypothesis, and our having lost touch with a 'testable hypothesis'. John refers to Bruce Alexanders work. John explains why he does not support the use of the questionnaire as a means of investigation.
John describes the background to this work and deals with the problems of language, meaning and conversation related to understanding behaviour.
John explains his view that different contexts elicit different language and responses from the same individuals, and that this can undermine our understanding of behaviour
John describes his view the inaccuracy of describing problem substance use as a disease
John suggests that a person cannot be 'talked out' of a disease, and says this is a fundamental problem with the notion of an addiction disease
John suggests the disease model works for people at the level of explanation, but at the 'street level' it is pernicious.
John talks about drug education. 'You don't teach geography so that people won't travel'