Research mapping substance misuse services for young people has been published by Addaction and Turning Point, who carried out the study on behalf of the Home Office.
The report makes two very welcome recommendations directly concerning alcohol:
The DfES and Home Office should revise its drug strategy to focus more strategically on the wider issues faced by young people including alcohol and cannabis as opposed to class A drug use.
Commissioners and service providers should work together to identify the needs of young people regarding alcohol and develop appropriate provision.
It's not clear to me how or where these recommendations are substantiated in the report, but hopefully nobody will want to argue against them.
Download Developing the evidence base: young people with substance misuse problems (2005) by Nicola Didlock, Turning Point & Rebecca Cheshire, Addaction here.
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