Action in partnership : tackling drugs in Scotland ; Scotland's objectives & action priorities / the Scottish Office.

  • Great Britain. Scottish Office.
Date:
1999
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    Partnership in delivering the strategy driving forward the strategy is the key to its ernment and agencies with an organisational Id also involve those affected by its wide- ople, business and users. Other agencies are also substantially involved in drugs problem. All of these partners of the overall vision, Scotland's individual tasks. The Government recognise tha ESS. That partnership encomp | aekling drug misuse, b ill be the Scottish Advisory by the Drugs Minister. SACDM will strategic tool for engaging tation of the strategy. ions sub-committee to monitor action across agencies in support of al agencies can bring to the table, yurcing. The sub-committee will be the JATS on progress in implementation of ie Vea Drugs in Scotland the strategy. the centre will be provi ATs and individual agencies through a range fina ane organisations. Understanding - formation and research ective action on drugs. The right information and Understanding is 1 research is the aken steps to improve information on drugs. The Scottish Drug : ation Strategy, launched in April 1998, establishes a structure for the long Pailability of appropriate information in support of evidence based decision taking. Research commissioned and undertaken so far has provided valuable information to support local and national efforts to tackle drug misuse. Future research effort should now be focused on the information needs of the drug strategy. The core of the Government's research strategy for drugs will be an Annual Drug Misuse Research Programme, developed by a sub-committee of SACDM. The sub-committee will identify research priorities by reviewing existing work and by consulting DATs, ISD, local service providers and the research community.