Misuse of Drugs Act and Health Outcomes

Part of Scotland – in the House of Commons at on 8 September 2021.

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Photo of Mhairi Black Mhairi Black Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Scotland)

The Minister says that there is no consensus as to drug consumption rooms, but, as has already been said, every country that has trialled safe consumption rooms has a positive story to tell about them. The other thing that he failed to mention is that the legislation that makes drug use a crime often traps vulnerable people in a vicious cycle of poverty and crime. With that in mind, will this Government finally commit to reviewing the 50-year-old legislation that is the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971?