That the Parliament recognises the drug-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; 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.
Supported by: Rachael Hamilton, Tom Mason
Result 89 for, 28 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Motion reference: S5M-14914.1
Submitted by: Joe FitzPatrick, Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Motion reference: S5M-14914.2
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Supported by: Jeane Freeman, Clare Haughey
Result 85 for, 32 against, 0 abstained, 12 did not vote Agreed
Submitted by: Monica Lennon, Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Motion reference: S5M-14914.3
Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Wednesday, November 28, 2018