2. “I think a
combination of
education, also
treatment
programmes for drug
addicts... are the two
most important
planks of a proper
anti-drug policy.”
David Cameron, March 2011
3. Alcohol death rate per 100,000
population 15 - 34 year olds in the UK
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
UK
1.5
England
1.0
0.5
0.0
2003
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
4. Government spending on drug
education in England
Source: United Kingdom Drug Situation, UK Focal Point (2011)
5. Impact of 2010/11 spending
freeze on FRANK
• calls to the FRANK
helpline fell by 22%
• web visits fell by 17%.
Source: Changing Behaviour, Improving Outcomes, Department for Health (2011)
6. “We don’t have no drugs education”
The majority of students could not
remember having had any drug
education at their secondary school.
Teachers recognised that schools’ drugs
policies were rarely implemented in
practice and that drugs education was
not a priority.
Fletcher, A., Bonell, C. and Sorhaindo, A. (2010). We don’t have no drugs education: The myth of universal
drugs education in English secondary schools? International Journal of Drug Policy 21 (6) 452-458.
7. How often do schools deliver drug education?
Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education: A mapping study of the
prevalent models of delivery and their effectiveness, DfE (2011)
8. “Evidence regarding prevention
is always welcome, but it still
will not gain much funding.”
Robert J. Maccoun, The Implicit Rules Of Evidence-Based Policy Analysis
Updated
9. Source: Health England
96%
of NHS spending
is on treating ill
health
The UK spends 1/3 more on treating preventable ills (including
drug misuse) than the next most troubled nation.
New Economics Foundation
10. Amount spent on primary prevention across
25,000 schools, including routine medical
checks, sexual health advice, smoking cessation
and substance misuse advice
£44m
bn
How much we spent on health
in England in 2006/07
Source: Health England
11. Rule 1
Don’t throw
money away
By Flickr user gmdesign1
12. £827,000
The cost of a lifetime
problematic drug user
Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
13. The number of
problematic drug users
has stayed stable at
c.320,000 for the last 5
years.
Source: NTA and The Health and Social Care Information Centre
14. Why we need early interventions
Age 21, cost per
person already =
£91 - £121k
Level of Problem Behaviors
Early Childhood Adulthood
Source: PriceWaterhouseCoopers
15. Cost of
education =
Cost of drug
£71,780 prevention
£500
Source: LV= http://bit.ly/xX6adI
20. Good Behaviour Life Skills
Unplugged Preventure
Game Training
• Delivered to • Delivered to • Delivered to • Delivered to
children 6 – 8 children 8 - 15 children 12 – children 13 –
years years 14 years 14 years
• Results: • Results: • Results: • Results:
• 7% fall in • Cuts tobacco • 30% less • 40%
drug misuse use by 87% likely to decrease risk
disorders at • Cuts alcohol experience of alcohol
21 years use by 60% drunkenness consumption
• 60% increase • Cuts cannabis • 23% • 55% decrease
in university use by 75% reduction in in risk of
attendance cannabis use binge
in past month drinking
22. “It is not the role of
Government to dictate
decisions that are best
made locally by
professionals, so the
Department does not
issue guidance to local
authorities on the
commissioning of drug
education
programmes.”
Source: Hansard, December 2011
23. “education about
drugs is vital and we
should make sure
that education
programmes are
there in our schools
and we should make
sure that they
work.”
Source: Al
Jazeera, March 2011
Health England Report No 4. Public Health and Prevention Expenditure in England. 2009.The main sources of identified expenditure on school health services are school-based children’s health services provided by the NHS. School-based children’s services include routine medical checks, sexual health advice and family planning, smoking cessation and substance misuse advice and support. This information comes from NHS Reference Costs, and distinguishes between services provided on an individual basis and in a group setting.An additional source of identified expenditure on school health services is the Healthy Schools Programme, which includes aspects of healthy eating, physical activity and emotional health. Health England Report No 2. Prevention and Preventative Spending. 2009.
