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International research projects in innovative areas Research capacity building: Setting a national network bringing together scientists in view to disseminating academic works into addictions Contributing to the creation of an European network of scientists UK Cross-Government Drugs Research Strategy 2010 In consultation with key stakeholders the CGRPDestablished the following priority areas for research: To strengthen our understanding of drug use: aetiology, incidence, prevalence and patterns of use in the population. To further strengthen our knowledge of drug use and needs amongst a number of groups, including young people, black and minority ethnic (BME) groups, families, and drug-using offenders. To review our knowledge and measures of drug-related harms. To develop our understanding of treatment, prevention, and other demand- side interventions. To review and strengthen understanding of UK drug markets, and interventions to tackle them. Fully dedicated strategy to illicit drugs research issues The strategy provides the following details regarding the priorities established, along with reference to any current or planned work addressing them with lead department(s) Priority 1 Work with partners to improve UK-wide estimates of problem drug use. Work towards provision of robustcomparative estimates of PDU prevalence across Europe. Map and monitor the emergence of new drugs and changing patterns of drug No needed. The current strategy provided it: Funding for projects out of individual budgets and is controlled individual departments The CGRPD is for the following activities support delivery of the research strategy: Annual of ongoing government research on drugs and monitoring of their deliver
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