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Drug misuse not only affects those individuals who take drugs, but their families and their local communities too. Because of this it is important to have local support available to people with drug problems; to help them recover from their addictions and reintegrate back into local communities. North Yorkshire Substance Misuse Partnership Board and Safer York Partnership Board work closely with local providers to manage and reduce the harmful effects that drug and alcohol misuse causes to individuals and communities, and reduce drug and alcohol related crime within North Yorkshire and York. Evidence from the North Yorkshire Substance Misuse Partnership Needs Assessment 2010 and City of York Substance Misuse Drug Gap and Needs Analysis 2010-11 suggests that heroin is the biggest problematic drug amongst adults in North Yorkshire - although compared to other parts of the country, use of heroin is relatively low. A range of sources suggests that all groups of illegal drugs are available throughout North Yorkshire. However in young people under the age of 25, there appears to be very little heroin use, and the biggest problem substance for people in this age group is cannabis. For more information on what the government is doing about drug misuse, the drugs people use, advice on what to do if someone discloses they have a drug problem and local services who can give advice, please check our Drug Misuse factsheet. For Alcohol information please refer to our Alcohol factsheet. |
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