Question reference: S6O-02131
- Asked by: Annie Wells, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 12 April 2023
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Current status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 20 April 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support the Proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill in order to aim to save lives and tackle Scotland’s drug deaths crisis.
Answer
We will consider the proposed Right to Addiction Recovery Bill when it is introduced by Mr Ross to Parliament.
Meanwhile, we have committed £250 million pounds now, through the National Mission, to tackle the drug deaths crisis.
We are also looking to the National Collaborative – which includes people affected by substance use and their families – to bring forward a Charter of Rights.
This will aim to set out how rights in the forthcoming Human Rights Bill can be implemented to improve the lives of people affected by substance use.