National Tackling Drugs Week

EDM number 969 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 04/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Drugs misuse.

That this House welcomes the Home Office National Tackling Drugs Week which takes place from 8 to 12 June, which can improve confidence in, and awareness of, the work being done in each constituency to tackle drugs; further welcomes new measures in the Government's three-year action plans to enforce, educate and intervene on drugs, and to support those who need it to get drug treatment; congratulates the actions of local organisations and churches to tackle this problem; and encourages all local agencies such as drugs action teams, substance misuse action teams, crime and disorder reduction partnerships, community safety partnerships, neighbourhood policing teams and police forces to promote the action being taken at a local level to tackle drug misuse and reduce drug-related crime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.