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NEWS
MPs call for overhaul of drugs policy;
Middlesbrough launches heroin-assisted
treatment
15 LETTERS & OPINION
Your views, and comment from the media
16 REVIEWS
The restorative power of walking
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‘We loved becoming the
new forum for debate’
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO we published our first issue of DDN.
I interviewed the drugs minister Caroline Flint, who talked about
the new drug intervention programme (DIP) and the recently
launched Alcohol harm reduction strategy. There was a lot
happening – the Home Office was pumping money into the sector
to ‘break the cycle between drugs and crime’.
By our second issue we had a full letters page. Our new readers
engaged with us fast and we loved becoming the new forum for
debate. Ministers, service users, academics, policy makers – all joined
in. We became more and more interested in our capacity to create a
voice for fairer treatment and set up the annual DDN conference.
As a small, independent team we have often been very ‘hand
to mouth’, particularly as the funding for the sector began to dry
up. But we felt that where there’s a will there’s a way, and we have
always been determined to keep DDN free of charge to readers.
Communications have changed radically and debate these
days is often lurking on social media. But our readers are loyal, so
onwards we go. Thank you for being part of
our community. We hope you like our new
design – make our day by getting in touch!
Claire Brown, editor
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