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ISD Programmes
Substance Misuse Programme
The Substance Misuse Programme is designed to give policy makers and practitioners reliable and clear information about problematic drinking and illicit drug misuse.
Objectives 2008/09
- To deliver information which supports issues identified in Better Health, Better Care and Closing the gap; i.e.
- role of substance misuse in premature deaths
- identifying the number of children of substance mis-users in treatment, and
- providing information around problematic drinking, examining the relationship between mental ill-health and substance misuse
- Delivery of enhanced Scottish Drugs Misuse database (SDMD)
- Delivery of Drugs Deaths Database
Programme Summary
The Substance Misuse Programme is made up of The Drug Information Strategy Team and the National Alcohol Information Resource.
The Alcohol and Drug Action Team is used as a resource to assist in monitoring and reviewing the national strategies on drug and alcohol use. The programme also supports and advises 22 regionally based Alcohol and Drug Action Teams, which organise treatment for substance misuse.
Functions of the Alcohol and Drug Action Team include:
- Produce a range of quality assured statistics and papers on substance misuse
- Contribute proactively to policy development and measurement of performance at national and local levels
Contact Details
Contact: Stephen Pavis, Programme Development Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 131 275 6367
Email: Stephen.pavis@isd.csa.scot.nhs.uk
Web: 
www.drugmisuse.isdscotland.org and www.alcoholinformation.isdscotland.org
Steering Group/Programme Board
- Patricia Scotland (Co-chair) - Scottish Government
- Deborah Smith (Co-chair) - Scottish Government
- Maggie Watts, Alcohol Lead - Scottish Association of Alcohol and Drug Action Teams (SADAAT)
- Brian Kidd, Drugs Lead - SADAAT
- Roger Black - ISD Scotland
- Peter Knight - ISD Scotland
- Donna MacKinnon - Scottish Government ASD
- Iain MacAllister - Scottish Government
- Gillian Wood - Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
- Stephen Pavis - ISD Scotland
Main contact: 
Damian Sefton
Damian Sefton
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