Has Scotland made any progress in the struggle against overdose deaths? - An Interview with Angela Constance  | CND 2023

Has Scotland made any progress in the struggle against overdose deaths? - An Interview with Angela Constance | CND 2023

Scotland retains the unwanted title of "Europe's drug death capital". How does the Scottish government tackle the problem? We interviewed Angela Constance, the former Minister for Drug Policy of Scotland, at the 63rd session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna in March.
Scotland was shocked to learned that the number of overdose deaths reached a record high number in 2019. Three and a half times more people (1264) died of overdose in Scotland than in England and Wales. When the media published the official figures, the Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, admitted that the government had not done enough to tackle the problem.

A Drug Death Taskforce, a 15-members expert body was created to identify evidence-based strategies to prevent overdoses. And the First Minister appointed Angela Constance to Minister for Drug Policy - a new ministerial position with responsibility for coordinating the response to the overdose crisis. Ms. Constance introduced several significant interventions, including measures to scale up access to evidence-based treatment and harm reduction services. In our interview, we asked how she views the situation now, after 4 years in office. When will the first supervised drug consumption sites open? What does she think about the latest preliminary figures that show a slight decrease in the number of overdose deaths?

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