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Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy | ||||
Canadian Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drugs | ||||
Volume 3 - Public Policy Options |
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Chapter 20 - Public Policy In Other Countries - UKAdministrationBecause of the complexity of the drug problem, many different departments and organizations are involved in implementing the UK drug strategy. The key organizations in the UK’s drug strategy are the drug action teams at the local level, which are responsible for ensuring that the strategy is translated into concrete action.
CostsPublic costsIn 1997/1998, most of the costs were directed at enforcement. The total expenditure of £1.4 billion was spent on the following activities:
Following a comprehensive spending review in 1998, an additional £217 million were to be allocated over a three-year period to drug activities. "A substantial share of these new funds will be directed at initiatives designed to break the link between drug misuse and crime, including Arrest Referral Schemes and Drug Treatment and Testing Orders. The idea is to provide every drug misusing offender entering a police station or prison with a chance to seek treatment by the year 2002."[2][96] The extra funds were to be spent as follows:
Social costsThe UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator’s Annual Report 1999/2000 stated that drug misuse costs Britain over £4 billion per year in crime, sickness and absenteeism. In addition, it was estimated that one-third of property crime is related to drugs.
[1][95] Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, The Government’s Ten‑Year Strategy for Tackling Drugs Misuse,
April 1998, in the chapter entitled: "Resourcing and Managing the
Work". [2][96] DrugScope, UK Drug Situation 2000. The UK Report to the European
Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, November 2000, page 7. [3][97] Ibid., page 11‑12. |