National Tackling Drugs Week

Building on last May’s National Tackling Drugs Day (23 May) and the recent announcement of its new, £1 billion, 10-year drug strategy (“Drugs: protecting families and communities”): the Home Office’s first, National Tackling Drugs Week (19 – 23 May), seeks to raise awareness of the work being undertaken by agencies (Drug & Alcohol Action Teams – DAATs, Community Safety Partnerships, Neighbourhood Policing teams and Police Forces) to tackle drugs and reduce drug-related crime.

The Sandwell DAAT and its partners in the Safer Sandwell Partnership (SSP) are responsible for delivering the national strategy at a local level. National Tackling Drugs Week sees the launch of:

• A new Sandwell DAAT Website (www.sandwelldaat.co.uk), which will provide information for both professionals and people in the community wanting to find out about the strategy or are concerned about their own or someone else’s drug and/or alcohol use.

• A leaflet designed to provide information on local treatment services and action to tackle drugs and alcohol problems, which will be widely distributed within community settings and residences.