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National Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention Programme
Functions
The functions of NADAPP are outlined in detail in the Cabinet Minute PM(88)382 - 17/11/88, as follows:National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Programme (NADAPP) is the state agency mandated to coordinate the demand reduction programme in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Secretariat is responsible for the wider aspect of drug abuse prevention on a national scale. Its functions include:
- Refining, implementing and administering all projects which are in keeping with the Council's policy on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention.
- Coordinating and monitoring projects in the Community Programme.
- Collecting, collating and analysing relevant data and information for the purpose of providing up-to-date advise and feedback to the Technical Advisory Committee and the Inter-Sectoral Coordinating Council.
- Identifying resources and strategies necessary for accomplishing the targets and objectives of the Council's programmes and projects.
- Reducing substance abuse and associated consequences.
- Developing research-based policies and programmes driven by those policies.
- Leading and/or coordinating the national state, private and non-state sectors drug demand reduction strategy.
- Facilitating and /or supporting drug demand reduction initiatives.
- Monitoring and evaluating national drug demand reduction activities.
- Developing and updating annually the National Demand Reduction Strategic Plan.
- Supervising the operations of treatment and rehabilitation centres.
- Enhancing and maintaining a national database and a drug abuse epidemiological surveillance system.
- Serving as the information centre on drug demand reduction.
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