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Drug policy is a complex area
It falls across social, health and criminal justice areas
I will leave the question of what Scotland is capable of in terms of devolved powers and what is reserved at Westminster
I just want to focus on "SNP cuts"
Drug policy is a complex area
It falls across social, health and criminal justice areas
I will leave the question of what Scotland is capable of in terms of devolved powers and what is reserved at Westminster
I just want to focus on "SNP cuts"
These statistics are dreadful and heartbreaking. Every death is a tragic loss of life that could have been avoided.
— Scottish Conservatives (@ScotTories) December 15, 2020
Drug deaths have doubled in a decade, and there's no doubt that the SNP's cuts to drug rehab and addiction programmes have a large part to play. https://t.co/MkmCFRAvir
If you're at all interested in justice, addiction and/or prisons in Singapore, this is happening now—must watch!
Right now Ben is speaking. He says he used to work 14/15-hour days, & was the main caregiver of his ill single mother while living in a one-room rental flat. Many of his colleagues were using & he began too.
Ben: Problems came when I went to seek help (wanted to quit & settle down with gf) it was quite hard. Couldn't go to hospitals as they would report me to CNB. Within 7 days, it's protocol, they must report. Deterred me from going there. I had no crime records, but scared of it.
Ben: I googled and a clinic came out & I couldn't afford rates, so carried on using without any help. In 2018 I almost overdosed, went to hospital, hospital called CNB & I was incarcerated in DRC.
Ben: DRC is run by prison services. Total prison setting. Slept on floor, food served under the door, eight to a cell, packed. Kind of a punishment I felt, we had two visits per month, tough time in my life.
We\u2019ve just gone live on our Facebook page for today\u2019s dialogue on understanding drug use, addiction, and policy in #Singapore. Join us: https://t.co/neOQDJjZ3a pic.twitter.com/WPgzjZy6VI
— Transformative Justice Collective (@tjc_singapore) December 13, 2020
Right now Ben is speaking. He says he used to work 14/15-hour days, & was the main caregiver of his ill single mother while living in a one-room rental flat. Many of his colleagues were using & he began too.
Ben: Problems came when I went to seek help (wanted to quit & settle down with gf) it was quite hard. Couldn't go to hospitals as they would report me to CNB. Within 7 days, it's protocol, they must report. Deterred me from going there. I had no crime records, but scared of it.
Ben: I googled and a clinic came out & I couldn't afford rates, so carried on using without any help. In 2018 I almost overdosed, went to hospital, hospital called CNB & I was incarcerated in DRC.
Ben: DRC is run by prison services. Total prison setting. Slept on floor, food served under the door, eight to a cell, packed. Kind of a punishment I felt, we had two visits per month, tough time in my life.