New Ten Year Drug Strategy - May 2008

The new ten year drug strategy ‘Drugs: protecting families and communities’ seeks to reduce drug-related harms; target and tailor drug interventions; and support the re-integration of drug users into communities. With drug use being identified as one of the ‘drivers’ of crime, this strategy sits under the new Crime Strategy (2008 – 2011), and is tied closely to the new round PSAs.

The four key strands of the drug strategy are to:

1. Protect communities by addressing drug supply, drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour;
2. Prevent harm to children, young people and families affected by drug misuse;
3. Deliver new approaches to drug treatment and social re-integration; and
4. Develop public information campaigns, communications and community engagement.

The strategy is available here.

The current Action Plan can be found here.