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Meise to collect data on alcohol and drug use before shaping policy

From VRT NWS · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Official statement New plan
  • Meise plans to gather data on alcohol and drug use in the municipality.
  • The information will inform policies on prevention, awareness and support.
  • The municipality says it needs reliable figures to understand the scale of the issue first.

Meise plans to gather figures on alcohol and drug use across the municipality before deciding how to respond.

The Belgian municipality intends to use the information to develop policies focused on prevention, awareness and support.

Officials say they first need a clearer understanding of the problem. The municipality will collect the data through several methods before shaping its approach.

First we need insight into the problem, then policy.

— Meise municipalityThe municipality explained why it wants to collect data before developing measures on alcohol and drug use.
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Originally published by VRT NWS in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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