Anti-drug efforts ‘undermined by bureaucracy’

The bureaucratic obsession with management objectives is undermining efforts to combat drug misuse, according to the head of the Southern Regional Drug Task Force.

Anti-drug efforts ‘undermined by bureaucracy’

Chairman Peadar King said this zeal has spawned its own “management speak”, peppered with words such as “organisational outputs, performance indicators, service users”, etc.

He made the comments in the task force’s report for 2011, which said alcohol, cannabis, and benzodiazepines were the “major presenting issues” last year.

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