Conclusion
Overall, this evaluation suggests that:
The multi-agency Blue Light process offers the potential for a significant return on investment, with modest up-front investment.
The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the approach is measurable.
Client benefit is significant and demonstrable through evidence of engagement with substance misuse services.
The interviews and survey also show
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Philippine lawmakers have voted to reduce the annual budget of the Commission on Human Rights — the body tasked with investigating the country’s brutal war on drugs — to about $20.
The move to defund the commission, which was easily passed by Representatives and now awaits approval by the Senate, coincides with another proposal to cut spending on drug rehabilitation programs by a
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Vivienne Hew, 20, from Dublin, has suffered from eczema since she was young. Yet, after developing an addiction to the creams, she has spent the last three years battling topical steroid withdrawal. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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