Drug Interventions Programme
A critical part of the Government's strategy
The Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is a key part of the Government's strategy for tackling drugs and reducing crime. And it's working: drug-related crime has fallen by a fifth since the programme started and record numbers of people are being helped with their drug misuse.
Introduced in 2003, with new elements having been phased in each year since, the programme aims to get adult drug-misusing offenders out of crime and into treatment and other support. Some interventions operate right across England and Wales, while additional "intensive" elements operate in those areas with the highest acquisitive crime.
What's new
March 2008 - Presentations from the 'Families and Drugs' seminars held in Leeds and London
February 2008 - Round-up of other evidence on the impact of the Drug Interventions Programme
November 2007 - Report on the impact of the Drug Interventions Programme
Explore this section
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Information about the programme
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Who we work with to implement the programme
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The effective treatment interventions that work alongside the programme
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Demonstrating the effectiveness of DIP
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Providing a beginning-to-end support system
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Cross cutting policy areas
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Ways in which the programme operates
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For practitioners in the criminal justice system.
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Access key messages, and order communications collateral for your own use
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An important tool in improving continuity of care
