New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis - Amendment
- Submitted by: Monica Lennon, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Motion reference: S5M-14914.3
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, 28 November 2018
As an amendment to motion S5M-14914 in the name of Miles Briggs (New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis), leave out from "related" to end and insert "and alcohol-related public health crisis; understands that the number of people engaged in problematic use of opiates and/or benzodiazepines has increased since 2007, with 934 fatalities recorded in 2017, and that Scotland now has the highest drug death rate in Europe, and calls on to the Scottish Government to take an evidence-based approach and declare this a 'public health emergency' as called for by the Scottish Drugs Forum; considers that the Scottish Government’s draft drug and alcohol strategy, All Together Now, is not fit for purpose, and that it will not deliver the additional capacity or intervention needed to reduce Scotland’s damaging drug and alcohol levels, and recognises that a new approach is needed to tackle this crisis; accepts that the stigma experienced by people with alcohol and drug issues and their families is a barrier to recovery and believes that the strategy must go further to address this in order to achieve long-lasting culture change; believes that greater priority must be placed on preventative action, harm reduction and reducing health inequalities to help people avoid harmful substance use in the first place; recognises that a commitment to reducing alcohol- and drug-related deaths and poor health outcomes must be backed by sustainable funding for alcohol and drug partnerships and strong public services; calls for the new strategy to include a target to reduce the number of drug-related deaths by 50% in the next five years and in line with the World Health Organization’s Global Status Report on Non-Communicable Diseases 2014; agrees that the Scottish Government should adopt a national target to reduce population alcohol consumption in Scotland by at least 10% over the next 10 years, and recognises that there are distinct needs in relation to alcohol that require specialist responses, including acute alcohol withdrawal, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, alcohol-related brain damage, liver scanning and alcohol brief interventions, which should be reflected in the Scottish Government’s forthcoming action plan."
Related motion
New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis
Submitted by: Miles Briggs, Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date lodged: Monday, November 26, 2018
Supported by: Rachael Hamilton, Tom Mason
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Result 89 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Accepted related amendments
New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Joe FitzPatrick, Dundee City West, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Supported by: Jeane Freeman, Clare Haughey
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Result 85 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Vote Passed
Amendments that have not been voted on
New Approach Needed to Tackle Scotland’s Drugs Crisis - Amendment - Amendment
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats, Date lodged: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Monday, January 1, 0001