Drug Use - Evidence-based Policy and Interventions University of Stirling

Overview

Drug Use - Evidence-based Policy and Interventions at University of Stirling aims to provide a critical overview of policy and practice responses to drug use. You will be provided with the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills in critically reflecting on current issues and up-to-date evidence-based practice research in the field of drug use.

On successful completion of the module, you should be able to:

• compare and critically evaluate major international approaches to drug treatment and harm reduction, and consider the theoretical perspectives that have informed their development;
• analyse the implications of harm reduction and recovery approaches in policy discourse and the development of practice;
• apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to forefront and current issues of UK and international approaches to the drug problem;
• critically review approaches to working with specific groups of drug affected individuals and families and the implications these may have on individuals and communities;
• critically consider and reflect on personal, professional and societal values and the ways these might impact on development of drug policy and practice.