The orginal article was published in the National Newspaper THE Lord Advocate for Scotland has declined to issue legal guidelines on whether the pilot drug consumption initiative in Glasgow is legally possible under Scottish law. Instead he states that it rests on the health department to decide whether they are in the public interest. The […]
SDPC 12 – Drug Related Deaths Outcomes
SDPC 12: Drug Related Deaths – SDPC held its’ 12th conversation looking at drug related deaths in Scotland, and producing some recomendations on how to help reduce such deaths in the future. The main record of discussion can be found here, but the main outcomes were: There was broad agreement on the following outcomes: PUBLIC […]
Medicinal Cannabis Reform Scotland
On Thursday 7th September the Medicinal Cannabis Reform Scotland group met with cross party representatives and stakeholders to discuss access to medicinal cannabis in Scotland. At the meeting Steve Rolles from Transform Drug Policy Foundation, and the Durham Police Crime and Victims Commissioner Ron Hogg outlined the current legislative framework and how police forces and […]
Expert Working Group on Cannabis: options for policy reform in Scotland
UWS’ Contemporary Drug and Alcohol Studies Programme and Scottish Drug Policy Conversations are hosting an expert working-group meeting on ‘Cannabis: options for policy reform in Scotland’ this Friday 16th of June. This meeting is the intial meeting of an expert group set up to examine options for policy reform of cannabis in Scotland. If you […]
Commitment to Respectful Dialogue
Established by Collaborative Scotland during the Scottish independence campaign, the commitment to respectful dialogue sets the tone of how we communicate and converse with each other. The commitment is to: Show respect and courtesy towards all those who are engaged in these discussions, whatever views they hold; Acknowledge that there are many differing, deeply held and valid […]
Edinburgh Active Citizenship Group Discuss Scottish Drug Policy
When: 26th January 2017 – 7-9pm Where: Thomson’s Land, Edinburgh – see the Facebook event page here. The Edinburgh Active Citizenship Group will be discussing drugs policy in Scotland as part of the January Fire Starter Festival. The evening provides an oppotunity to take part in round table discussions on how we decide what drug […]
Recovering Justice presents ‘Peaceful Solutions to the War on Drugs: Collective Voices from the Frontline…’
When: 7pm-9pm, 2nd February – Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow. Recovering Justice are hosting an evening with “three grassroots organisations representing the frontline of the drug war; people who have used drugs , families, criminal justice professionals and the two leading drug policy reform organisations”. They invite you to an evening of discussion and debate […]
Engagement and Events
Upcoming Events 30th April 2020: SDPC and SIPR: Pragmatic Approaches to Policing People who use Drugs During Covid-19. To sign up please register with the Eventbrite listing, and you will receive a Zoom link. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/92743384961 Previous Events 29th March 2018: SDPC – Setting a Framework for Engagement – to start designing a public engagement framework […]
