Drinkaware response to Northern Ireland Substance Use Strategy
Response to the Northern Ireland Department of Health’s consultation on ‘Making Life Better – Preventing Harm and Empowering Recovery: A Strategic Framework to Tackle the Harm from Substance Use’.
Our response is based on our rich insights into the public’s drinking behaviour, methodological considerations on collecting data on drinking behaviour, experience of delivering interventions to reduce alcohol harm, and engagement in health promotion campaigns. While the consultation considers both the use of alcohol and other drugs, our response refers only to the alcohol strategy.