Mothers against Drugs

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Mothers against Drugs

• High availability of heroin
• Higher than average no of drug users
• High crime rate/ fear of crime
• Low aspirations
• Insular families
• Social acceptability of drugs
• Dysfunctional community

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)
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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Availability
• Claim back community
• Send a message that drugs were no longer
  acceptable
• Gain media support and understanding of
  cause

• Candlelight vigil 500 local women on street
  (why women only)
• Media interest and support
• Police protection
• Sustainable actions

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Catalyst for action 13 year old drug death Allan
  Harper
• Quickly plan first meeting after vigil maximise
  raw feelings of emotion.
• Prioritise actions where to start
• Draw up strategy for engaging Professionals
  recognising differing levels of expertise
  (community knowledge)

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Researched existing drug laws
• Disposal options
• Custodial sentences revolving door
• Enforcement processes gaps.

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• High number of drugs busts
• Lower level of drug available locally
• Sense of Community developed
• Local residents beginning to feel sense of change
• Research American Drug Courts treatment vs. court
  disposals

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Mothers Against Drugs

• Treatment Services what options
• Methadone what works, what doesnt
• Alternative treatment options American Model
• Local, national and international research.
• Current Gaps.

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Mother's Against Drugs

• Challenge traditional forms of community
  engagement which tends to be tokenistic and
  patronising.
• Community had to be well prepared and able to
  substantiate research findings.
• Professionals have to be prepared to hand over
  the power.
• SWAT analysis of treatment model.
• Acceptance of model as being relevant and
  fundable.

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Treatment model adopted by funders
• New horizons Drug Free Employment Project
• Integrated model. Community acceptance.
• Commission service provider Glasgow City
  Council.
• First ever Community based commissioned service.

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Prevention
• Research based intervention which would address
  local concerns i.e. lack of family support, low
  educational attainment and lack of aspirations.
• Scottish Executive Effective interventions unit
  youth services-
• Local Solutions Dream Makers.

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• Youth Involvement Project
• Detached Street work Project which would aim to
  work with Young People to challenge their
  behaviours.
• Workers available where and when young people
  were.
• Young people's own Turf

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Mothers Against Drugs (Cranhill)

• H4U
• Street work sexual health service
• Address the 80 increase in unplanned teenage
  pregnancies.
• Challenging behaviours and norms
• Harm reduction approach.