The Board:
(i) Noted the amendments and governance changes to the draft Substance Misuse Strategy 2016-2020 as reported by Matthew Cole;
(ii) Discussed a number of aspects of the strategy and noted that the Action Plan would be monitored by the Community Safety Partnership;
(iii) Recommended to the Cabinet that it adopts the Strategy, subject to the amendments; and
(iv) Recommended that Partner organisations also take the steps necessary to formally adopt the Strategy through their own organisational arrangements.