Welcome to the Birmingham Drug Action Team

Drug Action Teams

Drug Action Teams (DATs) are the partnerships responsible for delivering the drug strategy at a local level. DATs are partnerships combining representatives from local authorities, health, probation, the prison service and the voluntary sector.

In view of the close links between drugs and crime, DATs and CDRP (Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership) merged. In Birmingham, this led to the creation of the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership (BCSP).

What do DATs do?

DATs take strategic decisions on expenditure and service delivery within four aims of the National Drugs Strategy which are:-

Young People - preventing today's young people from becoming tomorrow's problematic drug users
Availability - reducing the supply of illegal drugs
Communities - reducing drug-related crime and its impact on communities
Treatment - reducing drug use and drug-related offending through treatment and support. Reducing drug-related death through harm minimisation.

For further information on the National Drugs Strategy and the work of Drug Action Teams, please see the www.drugs.gov.uk

For further information and advice about drugs, please visit the Frank website or call the FRANK helpline on 0800 77 66 00, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.