Key Report
Here is a key report ‘Scottish Drug Policy Reform: keeping vulnerable people safer by putting health first’ which you can download as a pdf. It is published as a collaboration between Recovering Justice and Transform.
We all want a fairer, healthier Scotland that protects the young and the vulnerable. But a better Scotland cannot exist while we have the highest drug death rates in Europe combined with entirely preventable outbreaks of HIV infection within our most vulnerable communities. The criminalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs prevents them from leading healthy lives. But the UK government has said it will not change its drugs policy – regardless of the evidence.
The Scottish Government has a unique opportunity to deliver innovative drug policy that would transform Scotland from the drug-death capital of Europe, to a beacon of compassionate, effective approaches.
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“A spirituality that is only private and self-absorbed, one devoid of an authentic political and social consciousness, does little to halt the suicidal juggernaut of history. On the other hand, an activism that is not purified by profound spiritual and psychological self-awareness and rooted in divine truth, wisdom, and compassion will only perpetuate the problem it is trying to solve, however righteous its intentions.
When, however, the deepest and most grounded spiritual vision is married to a practical and pragmatic drive to transform all existing political, economic and social institutions, a holy force – the power of wisdom and love in action – is born. This force I define as Sacred Activism.”