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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Approaches to Alcohol and Drugs in Scotland A Question of Architecture


The chapters of this report are structured in such a way as to bring the reader through a narrative from start to finish about how the Forum sees the alcohol and drugs policy landscape of 2008 and how it envisions it might be in 2025 if damage is to be significantly reduced.

Faced by the complexity and far reaching influences of alcohol and drug use and misuse, the Forum selected 7 key areas as the basis of a comprehensive systems mapping approach Whilst being able to integrate the technicalities of cross-cutting policies and research, this approach also lends itself to telling the story and identifying key issues in simpler terms.


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