Every Child Matters provides a clear framework to develop a holistic and outcomes driven strategy within the context of a rapidly developing wellbeing policy agenda. In an ideal world we wouldn't need a separate drugs strategy as drugs would be seen as the core business of all those working with and for children and young people.
A unique alliance of five leading national children's charities - NCB, Barnardo's, NCH, NSPCC and The Children's Society - will soon launch the results of its two year programme on embedding drugs within the mainstream children's agenda. The programme's outcomes remind us that children who use drugs or are affected by other's drug use are, first and foremost children and that alcohol, tobacco and volatile substances, as well as illegal drugs, impact significantly on their lives.
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