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REDBRIDGE: Drug treatment cut 'could lead to rise in crime'
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| Chris Day claims drug addicts may turn to crime because of a cut to treatment services |
DRUG addicts in Redbridge could turn to crime, an adviser has warned, after the money spent on treating them was slashed.
The Department of Health have cut the borough's drugs treatment grant by £90,000 and further reductions could be on the way.
Former alcoholic Chris Day is chairman of Redbridge Service Users Forum and sits on the board of the Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT).
He said: "These cuts mean wrap-around services for drug users and alcoholics in the borough are likely to be reduced.
"These services help people get help they need with accessing housing and employment advice, and if we lose them they will have to look for other ways to survive, such as through crime.
"Most of these people are not in full time employment, so would most likely have to turn to crime to get the money they need. Our 'Revolve' training and empowerment scheme which trains service users who have become abstinent to be treatment counsellors has already closed and others may follow.
"We have four other services all designed to identify users' housing problems and help them get into education and work. If they were withdrawn, where would these people go?"
| "Most of these people are not in full time employment, so would most likely have to turn to crime to get the money they need." | | Chris Day |
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A Redbridge Council spokeswoman said that if more people entered drug treatment and remained in the programme for the full 12 weeks, then more funding could be available in the future, and that they feel this goal is achievable.
Funding stood at £1.69 million in 2008 but will fall to £1.6 million next year and is projected to drop to £1.26 million by 2011.
There are 729 addicts currently receiving treatment through Redbridge DAAT but it is estimated that a further 435 are not seeking help.
A spokeswoman for the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) - which allocates funds on behalf of the Department of Health - said the changes would make service distribution fairer.
"In London, investment in drug treatment has risen from £13m in 2001 to £86m in 2008, which has delivered massive improvements in drug treatment across London.
"From 2008/09 funding will largely be allocated on a per person treated basis. This will direct resources to those boroughs with the highest number of people in treatment and ensure that we maximise benefits to the community."
2:38pm Thursday 27th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Mr Khalid, walthamstow on 2:42pm Thu 27 Mar 08
all this pepal wasted mony on drg drink aand the asking pepal help me and wasteded more mony. this pepal television amy whitehouse and other singer man with hat do nothing bu eat drug and dunk and then complen for help for rubish pepal. this pepal lock up in prisons and thow key in sea antil they no eating drug and drunk and soon be cureded this problam. no wasteded mor mony and give them soft soft becose they no lern
all this pepal wasted mony on drg drink aand the asking pepal help me and wasteded more mony. this pepal television amy whitehouse and other singer man with hat do nothing bu eat drug and dunk and then complen for help for rubish pepal. this pepal lock up in prisons and thow key in sea antil they no eating drug and drunk and soon be cureded this problam. no wasteded mor mony and give them soft soft becose they no lern
Posted by: Observer on 7:34pm Thu 27 Mar 08
[quote][bold]Mr Khalid[/bold] wrote:
all this pepal wasted mony on drg drink aand the asking pepal help me and wasteded more mony. this pepal television amy whitehouse and other singer man with hat do nothing bu eat drug and dunk and then complen for help for rubish pepal. this pepal lock up in prisons and thow key in sea antil they no eating drug and drunk and soon be cureded this problam. no wasteded mor mony and give them soft soft becose they no lern [/quote] Wally.
Mr Khalid wrote:
all this pepal wasted mony on drg drink aand the asking pepal help me and wasteded more mony. this pepal television amy whitehouse and other singer man with hat do nothing bu eat drug and dunk and then complen for help for rubish pepal. this pepal lock up in prisons and thow key in sea antil they no eating drug and drunk and soon be cureded this problam. no wasteded mor mony and give them soft soft becose they no lern
Wally.
Posted by: technomist, walthamstow on 11:02pm Thu 27 Mar 08
These drug users who are basically saying - give us more money or we'll use the excuse of our addiction to come and steal it from you. If Chris Day knows of people who are planning to rob us if the public don't give in to this blackmail, he should name them now and they should be arrested demanding money with menaces.
These drug users who are basically saying - give us more money or we'll use the excuse of our addiction to come and steal it from you. If Chris Day knows of people who are planning to rob us if the public don't give in to this blackmail, he should name them now and they should be arrested demanding money with menaces.
Posted by: DEXTERDOG on 10:13am Fri 28 Mar 08
Couldn't agree more Mr. Khalid, now if we can have that in the Queen's English for all our non intellectual chums.
Couldn't agree more Mr. Khalid, now if we can have that in the Queen's English for all our non intellectual chums.
Posted by: Mark, Loughton on 2:34pm Fri 28 Mar 08
Once again I have to agree with Mr.Khalid - and I am glad the funding has been cut. The money would be better spent on those people who make a contribution to society not those that sponge & steal.
Once again I have to agree with Mr.Khalid - and I am glad the funding has been cut. The money would be better spent on those people who make a contribution to society not those that sponge & steal.
Posted by: Smans, Barkingside on 11:55am Mon 31 Mar 08
I wonder how you lot would feel if you got addicted to something? What if you were abused as a child as many of these people were, and ran away from it. The only thing you could do to keep yourself warm was to use heroin.. You wouldn't want help? You wouldn't want professional people to teach you and help you get back on track?? It's not always their fault, just think about that.
I wonder how you lot would feel if you got addicted to something? What if you were abused as a child as many of these people were, and ran away from it. The only thing you could do to keep yourself warm was to use heroin.. You wouldn't want help? You wouldn't want professional people to teach you and help you get back on track?? It's not always their fault, just think about that.
Posted by: md250, Ilford on 5:18pm Tue 1 Apr 08
[quote][bold]Smans[/bold] wrote:
I wonder how you lot would feel if you got addicted to something? What if you were abused as a child as many of these people were, and ran away from it. The only thing you could do to keep yourself warm was to use heroin.. You wouldn't want help? You wouldn't want professional people to teach you and help you get back on track?? It's not always their fault, just think about that.[/quote] Yeah? Well if my Grandmother had had a scrotum, she would have been my Grandfather.
Get a job and life would be best thing or give them as much as want then they would not be a nuisance to society
Smans wrote:
I wonder how you lot would feel if you got addicted to something? What if you were abused as a child as many of these people were, and ran away from it. The only thing you could do to keep yourself warm was to use heroin.. You wouldn't want help? You wouldn't want professional people to teach you and help you get back on track?? It's not always their fault, just think about that.
Yeah? Well if my Grandmother had had a scrotum, she would have been my Grandfather.
Get a job and life would be best thing or give them as much as want then they would not be a nuisance to society
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