Everything ranging from the young person's welfare to the law, privacy, health, ethics and the drug policy of the premises where the incident took place has to be considered. Yet despite the acute sensitivity of the situation, little guidance exists.
This leaves more than the young person at risk - not taking sufficient steps to prevent drugs being taken on premises under supervision carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
DrugScope and The National Youth Agency helped to plug the knowledge gap in November when they published a 90-page report, Drugs: guidance for the youth service. The report, which builds on government guidance for schools that was published in 2004, covers issues such as drugs education and early intervention.
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