Calls for a right to recovery bill to be prioritised have been made as the latest drug death statistics are due.
Calls for a right to recovery bill to be prioritised have been made as the latest drug death statistics are due to be published.
Justina Murray, CEO of Scottish Families, said: “Every year on this day, there is quite rightly an outpouring of sympathy and condolence for the families left behind. The Scottish Conservatives have adopted a bill by addiction advocacy charity, Favour UK, to give a legal right to treatment.Annemarie Ward, chief executive of Favor UK, said “As Scotland grapples with the heart-wrenching reality of a continuing rise in drug-related deaths, the long-overdue progress on the Right to Recovery Bill stands as a glaring scandal itself.
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