Drug addiction is a serious disease that, if left untreated, leads to premature death. Our society has one of the highest rates of drug-related deaths and harm in Europe. In Finland, serious drug-related harm has been a relatively late awakener. THL issued recommendations for drug work in Finland in 2022 but they have not been widely adopted. A small part is due to legislation, but a larger part is due to a lack of information, skills and services. The content and skills of services should therefore be discussed alongside quantitative resources. In Satakunta, there is a dearth of knowledge about inclusion and empowerment work with intoxicated people. As legislation increases the number of services for intoxicated people, care must be taken to ensure that staff have sufficient specialist skills for the work they do. Drug work in Finland should already be moving, as in the rest of Europe, from a criminal justice approach to a treatment approach. Both social and health care professionals and drug users need more information about harm reduction methods and an understanding of how to meet each other. This project • enhances the well-being and inclusion of drug-dependent people, highlights resources and dreams, and identifies, helps and supports them on pathways to education and employment. • promote a non-discriminatory service culture and develop services in the Satakunta welfare region to make them accessible and responsive to clients' needs • increase the skills and capacity of professionals (social welfare, police, rescue services) to meet and help this group of clients The development of services is based on co-development, i.e. service users play an active role in the development work. During the project, three co-creation workshops will be organised in different parts of the Satakunta welfare region. The work will be based on casework to develop existing services. The aim is also to develop new services using existing resources, or to consider how services could be delivered using experienced actors or peers. Co-development workshops will bring in practices and services that have been developed or proven to work in other welfare areas. They will also look abroad, where progressive work has been done for a long time with the target group. For people who use drugs or are in substitution treatment, for example, the project organises rehabilitative work groups in three different areas of Satakunta, with the aim of improving the well-being of the participants and increasing their active participation. The aim is to assess the participants' ability to work and function, and to help them think about the future. The groups help people to plan and take the first steps towards realising their own dreams for the future, for example in terms of a career and education path. Women's specificity is also considered in the content of the activities. Within six months, the groups produce peers who can act in a harm-reducing way in their own natural environments. For example, they have special first aid skills, or the ability to help others with their affairs. The basic human need is to belong and to feel relevant. The project's group activities play a key role in both. After an intensive 6-month peer group, participants meet once a month. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the group members' news, current issues and peer activities. The project will organise TIETO forums to promote skills in meeting and working with people who use drugs. The TIETO forums will be targeted at a wide audience, including not only the traditional SoTe sector but also the rescue services and the police, as these are often the professionals who encounter drug users. THL has good examples of the impact of awareness-raising on better use of services. For example, the threshold for alerting the target group has been lowered by training the target group and the emergency services. In addition, the project promotes a non-discriminatory and recovery-friendly service culture in Satakunta, as described by THL. This is done by raising awareness among professionals of discriminatory mechanisms in existing services and practices. By increasing professionals' awareness of the needs of people who use drugs and of addiction as a disease, and the context of harm reduction work, the accessibility and effectiveness of existing services will be improved without additional resources. The project will result in improved well-being and inclusion of people with drug dependence. Participants have moved from a passive role to become active agents in their own lives. Many have taken steps on their own path towards education or employment. At the same time, substance abuse services have become more accessible and non-discriminatory, reducing the stigma experienced by clients and increasing their commitment to services. Professionals, such as social workers and police, have become more aware of drug dependence as a disease, which improves their capacity to confro