Family-Based Interventions In Tackling Substance Misuse

EDM number 385 in 2012-13, proposed by John McDonnell on 11/07/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Alcoholism and Drugs misuse.

That this House commends the recent report from Addaction, Breaking the Cycle, which highlights the importance of family-based interventions for families with drug and alcohol misuse problems; notes that a million children live with a drug misuser or dependent drinker; further notes that an effective family intervention costs 4,000, whilst the estimated cost to society for one troubled family is over 75,000; and calls on the Government to act on the report's recommendations to break the cycle of inter-generational substance misuse as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.