FIFTEEN YEARS AGO we published our first issue of DDN.
I interviewed the drugs minister Caroline Flint, who talked about the new drug intervention programme (DIP) and the recently launched Alcohol harm reduction strategy. There was a lot happening – the Home Office was pumping money into the sector to ‘break the cycle between drugs and crime’.
By our second issue we had a full letters page. Our new readers engaged with us fast and we loved becoming the new forum for debate. Ministers, service us More
