TALK TO FRANK ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN GOES LIVE

The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook is currently gathering news items for major features on the economic importance of our maritime and subsea industries in the next edition

The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook is monitoring progress on the coalition government’s strategy on drug misuse.

On 17 October 2011, the Home Office launched an advertising campaign to encourage young people to ‘talk to FRANK’. FRANK was set up in 2003 as a means of offering accurate and impartial information to young people about the harm that drugs can cause.

It is claimed that the service has been well received, with 80 per cent of young people aware of its existence and 68 per cent reporting that they would turn to it for advice. FRANK is also there to help adults who may want to access the service for their own benefit, to help their children if they are using drugs or to help someone else who they know is at risk of drug misuse.

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