Extra money to tackle drug abuse

Title

Extra money to tackle drug abuse

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

5 Dec 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

Alison Hodgkins reports on an extra £1 million of government money to stop young people becoming drug addicts. Includes Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley making the announcement at a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of Turning Point, the drink, drugs and mental health charity. Also interviews with Turning Point regional director Eddie Clewin(?) on working on rehabilitation rather than through the criminal justice system and with Dean Sullivan, whose Brookside television soap character Jimmy Corkhill has become a drug addict and dealer.

Contributors

Virginia Bottomley; Alison Hodgkins; Eddie Clewin(?); Dean Sullivan

Keywords

Public finance; Conferences; Charities; Drug abuse; Illegal drugs; Television serials; Anniversaries; Turning Point; Brookside; Jimmy Corkhill (fictional character)

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