Those with “lived experience” of drugs often feel cast aside by policy makers as one disastrous government response runs into another. As Scotland seeks to dig itself out of a mire that sees us tagged as the worst nation in Europe for drug deaths, new approaches are being put forward. […]
Monthly archives: March 2024
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Fiona Gilbertson wrote a chapter in the book ‘The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women: Shifting the Needle’ published by Emerald Publishing Limited. The chapter is reproduced here and links are there to download the pdf
Here is the report ‘Scottish Drug Policy Reform: keeping vulnerable people safer by putting health first’ which you can download as a PDF. It was produced as a collaboration between Recovering Justice and Transform.
Episode 18 of The Simpa Life Podcast features Fiona Gilbertson. Fiona is the co-founder of Recovering Justice – Created by people in recovery from substance use who believe that the criminalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs is inhumane, ineffective counterproductive, and costly.
In today’s video we hear from Fiona Gilbertson, founder of Recovering Justice. She talks about her introduction to drug reform and the importance of including all voices, spending time listening to those voices and ensuring that we tell new stories about drug policy and the people who use substances.