Drug Supply

N-DAP Availability Strategy 2008-2011

The supply of illegal drugs in England incurs a heavy cost.  The National Drug Strategy 2008 suggests that Class A drug use generates an estimated £15.4 Billion in crime and health costs each year.  It is further estimated that 99% of these costs are accounted for by problem drug users.  The costs incurred at a local level in Norfolk are difficult to precisely ascertain but probably extend to millions of pounds. 

It is imperative, therefore, that we bring a local focus to the availability agenda. This is achieved through the development and implementation of a partnership based Norfolk Availability Strategy.

The aim of the strategy is to disrupt the supply of class A drugs in Norfolk and so reduce the harms associated with drug supply in the county.  The focus is on the supply and demand for Class A illegal drugs as it is the use of these substances that has the greatest impact upon the individual user, their friends and family and the community as a whole.

The National Drug Strategy 2008 is clear that the main focus of this agenda should be the Class A drugs particularly heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine.  Class B and C drugs, prescription drugs and legal highs (alternative drugs that are legally sold from a variety of outlets that fall outside of the Misuse of Drugs Act), will are not directly addressed in the NDAP Availability Strategy, with the exception of locally identified cannabis production –‘factories’ with an identified connection to serious and organised crime.   Whilst individual agencies will continue to address the full range of illegal drugs as part of their core business, this particular strategy is intended to be very specific although issues relating to other substances are considered later in this document.

N-DAP Availability Strategy 2008-2011

Force Drug Strategy

Force Drug Strategy