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As a government advisor I have been asked by the Minister of Justice to prepare a report identifying policy solutions to crime in Scotland. In the following report I will focus on drugs and alcohol.  

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As a government advisor I have been asked by the Minister of Justice to prepare a report identifying policy solutions to crime in Scotland. In the following report I will focus on drugs and alcohol. I will identify how these two factors relate to crime and the problems that they present. I will then make policy recommendations, which I feel will prevent or reduce criminal activity involving the two. Background When addressing the problem of whether drugs and alcohol are related to crime it is a good idea to establish figures, which, relate to the two. It can be shown that drug taking and crime are related. This is highlighted in the finding of a Glasgow University study which, found, that 31% of all people arrested in Strathclyde and Fife police regions tested positive for heroin. There study also found, that of all people arrested in these two areas 71% tested...

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