| 2. | Priority | Activity | Lead | Target | Date | Risk |
| 2.1 | Reduce the level of offending related to misuse of drugs | Achieve a year on year reduction in the number of positive drug tests on arrest | Safer Stockton Partnership | Annual decrease in the number of positive tests on arrest using a baseline taken from an average of 2006/07 and 2007/08 of 848 | March 2011 | M |
| 2.2 | Provide supported housing for people with a history of misusing drugs | Maintain funding to Stonham to provide the service | SSP | At least 20 individuals receiving support per year measured quarterly | March 2011 | L |
| 2.3 | Increase effective drugs interventions | Make full use of powers available to tackle drug related crime. | Police | Maintain drugs intervention activity taken from a baseline from 2007/08 of 400. To achieve at least 1,200 over the plan. | March 2011 | L |
| 2.4 | Support minimisation of harm to drug misusers, their families and the community at large | Provide needle exchange services to reduce the numbers of discarded needles. | DAT | Achieve at least 100% for needle returns for all needle exchange services | March 2001 | L |
| 2.5 | Identify and target offenders who misuse or deal drugs | Ensure that drug tests are carried out for all arrests for 'trigger offences' | Police | At least 95% of those arrested to be tested | March 2011 | M |
