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Scottish government wants drug possession to be legal (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ToastedYoyo to c/unitedkingdom

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The Scottish government has called for the decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use.

It wants the UK government to change the laws to allow people to be "treated and supported rather than criminalised and excluded".

However it would still be an offence to have possession of drugs with the intention of supplying them to others.

The government also wants the law to be changed to allow the introduction of supervised drug consumption facilities.

Drugs laws are currently reserved to Westminster.

However, the Scottish government has responsibility for health and social policies around drug consumption.

Other proposals from the Scottish government include more substance checking services and increased access to emergency treatments for drug overdoses.

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[–] ori@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aka the Portuguese approach. Over there anything less than 10 days supply is not considered a criminal offence.

I believe it's mostly considered to be a successful policy.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

Along with safe-use rooms or whatever they are called, it could have a really positive impact on people's lives

[–] Mex 2 points 1 year ago

Whilst this has been very effective at improving health outcomes for drugs users in Portugal, the drug dealers in Lisbon were incessant when we were there.