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 Phone:01 6774494,
Fax: 01 6774025
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Drugs Working Group

   
The Drugs Working Group was set up following the publication of the Network's last plan in 1999. It aims to bring people together from the local area and from Community, Statutory and Service organisations, to work collectively on drug and alcohol related issues in the North West Inner City. The Drugs Working Group also selects from among its members three representations who sit on the North Inner City Drugs Task Force.
The misuse of drugs continues to present as a key issue within the communities of the North West Inner City. A key feature in the last 2-3 years is in the changing nature of the problem. In this period there has been a dramatic rise in the use of cocaine, which has become the more commonly abused drug, driven by the availability and ready access. This has resulted in a changed demand in terms of intervention strategies for dealing with the problem, as the behaviour resulting from the use of cocaine is quite different to that arising from other drugs.

Current Activities

  • Undertaking research to establish the nature and extent of the drug problem in the North West Inner City area which will provide an evidence based approach for support of services in the area
  • Undertaking research to establish the value of the work being done in the area.
  • Developing policies and strategies to put families, in particular children, on the agenda in addressing the drug problem and in implementing  various intervention strategies.
  • Sourcing additional funding for existing projects.
  • Disseminating information and creating a broader awareness and
    profile across other projects and other sectors of the community around the problem and the needs.

Links:

North Inner City Drugs Task Force - www.nicdtf.ie
www.citywide.ie
www.drugsinfo.ie
www.nacd.ie
www.mqi.ie

For Further information please contact Noleen Jennings at 6174847 or e-mail: noeleen@nwicn.ie

    

117 / 118 North King Street, Dublin 7.
 Phone: 01 6774494, Fax: 01 6774025, E-mail: info@nwicn.ie