... However, there are positive signs with the proposed declassification of cannabis and moves generally to deal with offenders who would have been subject to short prison sentences effectively in the community instead (Justice for All, 2002; A consultation document on the government's strategy on restorative justice 22.7.03). The need for effective partnership working both at National and local level to address what is demonstrated by research to be a complex problem is recognised and that no single agency has the ability or resources to cope in isolation. Drug Action Teams co-ordinate the local response to drugs assisted by the Drugs Prevention Advisory Service who disseminate best practice from emerging evidence. The National Probation Service is a key player in delivering the National Drugs Strategy in partnership primarily, with Criminal Justice Drugs Teams to offenders who misuse substances at local level. To this end it is essential to form and ...

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