The Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee and Social Justice and Social Security Committee worked together to consider the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce.
The Committees published their legacy report on 6 March 2026
The report recommends that a joint approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government’s work to reduce drug deaths and tackle drug harm must continue in Session 7 of the Scottish Parliament.
On 31 May 2022, the three Committees led a Chamber debate on tackling drug deaths and drug harm.
Read the Official Report of the debate
Read the SPICe briefing (301KB, pdf) posted 24 May 2022
Read the written submissions (3MB, pdf) posted 23 May 2022
The Committees met jointly on the following occasions:
A people’s panel was setup to consider the question ‘What does Scotland need to do differently to reduce drug related harms?’ The findings of the panel helped inform the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, the Criminal Justice Committee and the Social Justice and Social Security Committee scrutiny of this issue.