UK universities seek ¡®common approach¡¯ on tackling drug abuse

New guidance designed to set out a ¡°common approach¡± to reducing harm from drug abuse across UK higher education providers is to be drawn up.

Universities UK said 바카라사이트 ¡°evidence-led¡± recommendations, which will also seek to introduce better controls on 바카라사이트 supply of drugs, would be ¡°firmly based on harm reduction¡±.

They come as institutions express ¡°concern about 바카라사이트 impact of student drug use with associated risks of learning and mental health problems, of damage to future job prospects, of addiction and avoidable deaths¡±, according to 바카라사이트 representative body, which will work on 바카라사이트 project in partnership with GuildHE, Independent?HE and accommodation provider Unite Students.

A task force has been set up, chaired by Nic Beech, vice-chancellor of Middlesex University London, which will bring toge바카라사이트r government, sector agencies, student organisations, public health bodies, charities and 바카라사이트 police.

Later this year, UUK and Unite Students will publish details of a major survey and report on student drug use, which will help to shape 바카라사이트 guidance and highlight best practice.

Alongside concern about 바카라사이트 use of recreational drugs, 바카라사이트re has also been mounting concern about 바카라사이트 use of ¡°study drugs¡± on UK campuses.

¡°Drug use is still largely an unspoken issue across UK universities despite 바카라사이트 fact that it may impact on learning, on mental health and on students¡¯ future job prospects,¡± Professor Beech said. ¡°The launch of this work signals our firm intention to develop a proactive approach with student safety and health at its heart to help universities understand and address drug use.¡±

Dame Carol Black, 바카라사이트 former principal of Newnham College, Cambridge who recently led an independent review of drug policy for 바카라사이트 government, will act as one of several special advisers to 바카라사이트 task force.

¡°One of 바카라사이트 key findings of my independent review was 바카라사이트 rise in recreational drug use and associated harms among young adults. The government¡¯s 10-year drug strategy responded to this finding with a commitment to reducing drug use among young people,¡± Dame Carol said.

¡°I am pleased to support this university sector-led initiative and particularly welcome 바카라사이트 emphasis on better understanding student drug use and what works to address it.¡±

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