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Alcohol and substance misuse can have devastating
effects on individuals, 

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their families and their communities.

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As a Committee, we want to build on our work
on new psychoactive substances 

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– “legal highs” – and consider the impact that
alcohol and substance misuse 

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have on people in Wales.

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We have written to organisations like the
Welsh Government, the police, 

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health and education services, 

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and drug and alcohol services to
ask them to tell us what is being done to

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tackle alcohol and substance misuse in Wales.

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But we would also like your help.

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We want to know what it is that makes people
turn to drugs or alcohol, and what effect

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it has on them. We want to know how well you
think these issues are being tackled, and

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we want to know whether the right local services
are in place to help people.

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We want to gather as much information as we
can to help us get as clear a picture as possible.

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This will help us to make our own informed
decisions 

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and make recommendations to the Welsh Government.

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More information is on our website, where
you can find details about the inquiry, 

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how you can tell us what you think, and how you
can keep up to date with the inquiry as it progresses.