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UK: Mini-Tsars To Be Recruited For Drug War
ccguide Thursday 18 Jan 2001 Pubdate: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 Source: Oldham Evening Chronicle (UK) Copyright: Oldham Evening Chronicle 2001 Contact: Address: P. O. Box 47, Oldham, Lancashire, England OL1 1EQ Fax: 0161-652 2111 Website: http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ MINI-TSARS TO BE RECRUITED FOR DRUG WAR Drugs tsar Keith Hellawell was today unveiling a plan to create hundreds of mini-tsars around the country. Every local authority will have to appoint its own anti-drugs co-ordinator from April. The new chiefs, who must be elected councillors, will head drug-action teams responsible for fighting the problem in their areas. The mini-tsar plan came as part of the Government's bid to let local authorities take the lead in looking after social welfare. Until now, campaigns against drugs at a local level have been run by a mixture of police, health and educational authorities, and other agencies. The new teams, headed by a council member with the anti-drugs portfolio, will be just one step down the ladder from Mr Hellawell. "I am convinced that a willingness to work together at national and local level will help to create a safer society," he said. - --- MAP posted-by: Terry F
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