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The long, strange trip

The long, strange trip. Ten years of a drug strategy. Harry Shapiro. DrugScope. DrugScope. UK’s main drug information charity UK’s largest drug sector membership organisation Europe’s largest information bank of resources on the misuse of drugs

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The long, strange trip

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  1. The long, strange trip Ten years of a drug strategy

  2. Harry Shapiro DrugScope

  3. DrugScope • UK’s main drug information charity • UK’s largest drug sector membership organisation • Europe’s largest information bank of resources on the misuse of drugs • First port of call for media comment and background on drugs issues • Secretariat of Parliamentary All Party Group on Drug Misuse • Policy and information advice to government

  4. 1966 • Amount of heroin seized = nil • Number of known heroin users = 1349 • No drug strategy • No treatment system • No drug squads

  5. 2006 • Amount of heroin seized = 2.1 metric tons (2004) • Number of heroin users = 300,000 plus

  6. AND….. • SMAS; DAT; DRG; CJIP; DIP;CARAT • QUADS; NOMS; DANOS; DPAS; NTA • CDCU; UKADCU; MOCAM; DTTO; DRR • EATA; LDPF; ACMD; NTORS; NDTMS • SOCA; NCIS; FDAP; LDAN; NICE; PCT • DAO; IDTMS; YOT; LSP; LAA…..

  7. The tipping point 1979

  8. The Road to Strategic Thinking • 1982 ACMD report ‘Treatment and Rehabilitation’ • 1985 Home Office ‘Tackling Drug Misuse’ • 1990 UK Action on Drug Abuse: The Government’s Strategy • 1993 ‘Across the Divide’……

  9. The Future • What will the new strategy look like? • Will there be a new strategy? • Mainstreaming? • Local devolution? • Funding?

  10. Be part of the change • Regional member events in March/April • National conference in July • Conference presentations and networking • Online consultation • New website – enhanced membership area

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