About Us
Drug Action Teams (DAT's) were first formed in 1995 as part of an overall strategy to tackle substance misuse. In 1998 the Labour Government continued this work by launching the National Ten Year Strategy 'Tackling Drugs - Changing Lives'.
Bedfordshire's Drug & Alcohol Action Team is known as B:DAT. If you have any issues that you would like B:DAT to be aware of or if you are dissatisfied with the level of service you are recieving please contact B:DAT.
National Strategy Overview
The strategy aims to 'create healthy, confident societies increasingly free from the harm cause by the misuse of drugs' and sets out four key target areas:
- Young People - To help young people resist drugs misuse
- Communities - To protect communities from drug related crime and anti-social behaviour. Empowering communities to address local drug issues
- Treatment - To enable people with drug problems to overcome them
- Availability - To reduce the availability of illegal drugs
- Criminal Justice - Supporting people out of crime and into treatment
Related Links:
- B:DAT Contact Information
- National Drug Strategy Document
- National Alcohol Strategy Document
- B:DAT Local Strategy Documents
- Useful Documents
