The Drug Treatment System and its key transitions, Ian Wardle October 2009

The poster and postcards feature information on: drinking, driving and overcrowding cars; advertising; alcohol content; drinking to appear hard, risky situations; drinking alone and helping friends. Space is provided for local information.

8 page booklet detailing the records that are kept by drug services about their clients and in what circumstances information is shared. Includes information about the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System and the Treatments Outcome Profile.

"We will also provide tailored support to help problem drug users to get off drugs and move into work. A new drug and employment programme will provide an integrated approach to drug treatment and employment support. This will give drug users the chance to turn their lives around. In return, we will expect drug users to take up this support, so that bene�ts are going to help people overcome their problems, not into the pockets of drug dealers."

This paper was originally intended to consider how young people's substance misuse services (YPSMS) integrate appropriately into the children's agenda at local level. However as there have been recent changes in relation to the funding, commissioning, and potential future of some services there is a need to consider wider issues. The paper argues that integrating services effectively and meaningfully still remains central to the survival of YPSMS. It is therefore important for the sector to begin to discuss how to continue to be successful, ensuring sustainability in a complex and changing policy arena...