Shetland Alcohol and Drug Action Team (SADAT)

The Scottish Executive has decided to tackle drug misuse in Scotland under Four Pillars:

• Young People: To help young people resist drug misuse in order to achieve their full potential in society
• Communities: To protect our communities from drug related anti-social and criminal behaviour
• Treatment: To enable people with drug problems to overcome them and live healthy and crime free lives
• Availability: To stifle the availability of illegal drugs on our streets

Shetland Alcohol and Drug Action Team (SADAT) is at the forefront of delivering these aims in Shetland.  SADAT is a partnership organisation comprising executive level membership from the Northern Constabulary, Shetland NHS Board, SIC Department of Education and Social Care, voluntary organisations and elected members.

The Shetland Alcohol and Drugs Forum exists to support and inform the work of SADAT, by ascertaining, co-ordinating and expressing the views of service providers, service users and those in need of services.
To this end the Forum is required to be broadly based, representing the interests of those who provide services in the field of Alcohol and Drugs, families, carers and partners of those people who misuse alcohol or drugs misusers and the wider community.