2017 UK Drug Strategy
Submitted by Livia
- 14 July 2017
The UK government has today released its new drug strategy. It is the first such document in seven years. The strategy focuses on four strands including reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery and global action.
It builds on the UK’s existing approach to preventing drug misuse, supporting people to recover from dependence and restricting the supply of drugs, with new action to:
- promote a smarter, partnership-based approach
- provide stronger governance for delivering the strategy, including a Home Secretary-chaired board and the introduction of a National Recovery Champion
- expand the data they collect on levels of drug misuse and recovery from dependence, and develop a set of jointly-owned outcome measures to drive action across a broader range of local services
Click here to access the strategy.
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