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Getting Un-hooked: Tackling Scotland's Drug Problem
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A one day conference, Monday 8 December 2008
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Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh
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Chair:
Professor John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London
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| Keynote Speakers: |
| Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety, The Scottish Government |
| Gordon Meldrum, Director General, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency |
| Professor Peter Reuter, School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology, University of Maryland, USA |
| Dr Alex Baldacchino, Director of the Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES) |
| Sandy Riddell, Convener of the Criminal Justice Standing Committee, Association of Directors of Social Work |
| David Liddell, Director, Scottish Drugs Forum |
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“Aiming for recovery means coupling common sense with aspiration, and pragmatism with idealism. It means that public money invested in drug treatment services should have clear outcomes attached to them. And it means that we must treat each person using drugs on their own terms, and centre care around the person, not the addiction.” Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Safety in the Scottish Government’s Drugs Strategy, The Road to Recovery, published May 2008.
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With an estimated 52,000 problem drug users in Scotland and between 40,000 and 60,000 children affected by parental substance misuse, the economic and social cost of Scotland’s drug problem is an estimated £2.6b per annum.
Following on from the Scottish Government’s Drug Strategy, The Road to Recovery: A New Approach to Tackling Scotland’s Drug Problem announced last May, this conference will examine the new strategy and consider how best to implement this strategy across Scotland. It will consider the interaction between illicit substance misuse and wider social inequalities, as well as how to best include social reintegration as an integral part of drug treatment. Speakers and delegates will consider the impact of homelessness, and lack of educational opportunities or job skills on keeping recovering users off drugs and preventing potential users from taking up illicit substances.
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We look forward to seeing you at this important and timely event.
08:45 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Welcome and setting the scene by the Chair
Professor John Strang, Director, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London
Session one: The Reality of the Road to Recovery
The Scottish Government’s new drugs strategy identifies several key priorities for tackling drug misuse in Scotland. This session will look at how the strategy announced last spring is working in practice and hear from experts from around the world discussing the implications of Scotland’s drug policy for human rights in Scotland.
09:35 The Government’s drugs strategy in practice
Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety, The Scottish Government
09:55 Questions and discussion
10:05 Setting sensible goals for government drug policy
Professor Peter Reuter, School of Public Policy and Department of Criminology, University of Maryland, USA
10:25 Drug treatment as a human rights issue
Andrew Horne, Manager of Operations, Addaction Scotland
10:45 Questions and discussion
11:05 Refreshments
Session two: Social Reintegration and Treatment
This session will hear from a range of experts and practitioners who will discuss the role of social reintegration in keeping people off drugs and enabling them to be productive members of society. Speakers will consider issues including homelessness, education and employability and their impact on keeping drug misusers on the road to recovery.
11:25 European perspectives on co-morbidity
Dr Alex Baldacchino, Director of the Centre for Addiction Research and Education Scotland (CARES)
11:45 Questions and discussion
11:55 Panel discussion
The panel will include:
Professor Jo Neale, Researcher, Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow
Michael Egan, Manager, Recovery through Arts, Drama and Education
Sian Fiddimore, Chief Executive, Access to Industry
Karen Biggs, Chief Executive, Phoenix Futures
12:40 Lunch
Session three: Enforcement and Criminal Justice
One arm of the Scottish Government’s strategy is enforcement but what does this mean in practice? This session will examine the role of enforcement in reducing drug use and drug related harm. The speakers will consider options for reducing the proliferation of drugs in society and the effectiveness of alternative sentencing options in reducing drug use including drug treatment and testing orders, and other non-custodial sentencing options.
13:40 New risks, new threats, new challenges and new opportunities
Deputy Chief Constable Gordon Meldrum, Director General, Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency
14:00 Non-custodial sentencing
Sandy Riddell, Convener of the Criminal Justice Standing Committee, ADSW
14:20 Questions and discussion
14:40 Refreshments
Session four: Drugs in the Community
Drug use impacts not just on the user, but on their families, friends and communities. This session will look at how we can reduce the damage from drugs and the impact of wider social inequalities on rates of drug use. Delegates will hear from leading thinkers presenting ideas of the scale of the challenges ahead and how we can achieve the goals of the Scottish Government’s drugs strategy.
15:00 Drugs and social inequality
David Liddell, Director, Scottish Drugs Forum
15:20 Families in partnership
Ann Darlington, Assistant Director, Action for Children Scotland
15:40 Questions and discussion
15:55 Closing statements by the conference Chair
16:00 Close of Conference
A range of speakers, including academics, practitioners and policy makers will also examine the role of enforcement in reducing drug related harm and sentencing options for those convicted of drug related crime, as well as conceptualising drug treatment as a human rights issue. Experts will also consider the rates of co-morbidity of mental illness and problematic drug use and how best to include treatment for mental health within and alongside treatment of substance misuse.
Key Objectives:
- Learn about the Scottish Government’s drug strategy and how it will work in practice
- Hear from experts about the impact of UK and European drugs legislation impacts on Scottish drugs strategy
- Hear examples of best practice in treatment, enforcement and social reintegration in reducing drug related harm to society
- Consider the importance of dealing with broader social inequalities in reducing drug use
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This conference is for anyone with an interest in drug misuse and drug related harm in Scotland, including but not limited to:
- NHS Staff
- Central Government and local authorities
- Charity and voluntary sector workers
- Members of ADATs
- Researchers, academics and students
- Police and prison services
- GPs, pharmacists and needle exchange workers
- Education, homelessness and employability organisations
- Representatives of families of drug misusers and those in recovery
- Rehabilitative treatment providers
- Social workers
- Hear about the Scottish Government’s new drugs strategy
- Conceptualise drug treatment as a human rights issue
- Learn about the importance of mental health when tackling drug misuse
- Consider various aspects of social reintegration and the impact in keeping those in recovery from relapsing
- Analyse the role of enforcement in reducing the supply of drugs and minimising drug related harm to society
- Discuss the impact of wider social inequalities on rates of drug use and drug related harm
- Consider the key role of education in preventing individuals from initially using drugs
Sponsorship & exhibition opportunities
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Full Rate £249 + VAT (£292.58)
(Commercial organisations, central government departments, agencies and other national public bodies)
Discounted Rate £149 + VAT (£175.08)
(Charitable organisations with income of less that £1,000,000 - limited places)
Reduced Rate £199 + VAT (£233.83)
(Local authorities, NHS, Police, trade unions, professional associations, and charitable organisations)
Supported Rate £99 + VAT (£116.33)
(Students, community councils and community action groups)
What is included
All fees include lunch, refreshments and conference papers if applicable. Fees do not include travel costs.
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