Deputy Anne Pryke, Jersey’s Minister for Health and Social Services, today hosted the eighth Ministerial meeting of the British-Irish Council on the Misuse of Drugs in St Helier, Jersey. The meeting was chaired by Ms Róisín Shortall T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care in Ireland. 
 
The key thematic discussion at the meeting focused on Young People and Drugs and Ministers also agreed that the Council should take forward co-operation on the use and misuse of alcohol.
 
The full communiqué can be found here.