Problem Drug Use Bill
In progressCurrently at: 2nd reading in the Commons.
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Long title
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to declare problem drug use a public health emergency; to require the Secretary of State to review the effects of welfare sanctions on people who use drugs; to make the Department for Health and Social Care the lead department for drugs policy; to require the Secretary of State to respond publicly to recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; to amend the classification of drugs in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; to make provision for safe drug consumption facilities; to decriminalise the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use; to make provision about the stigmatisation of problem drug use; to amend the Equality Act 2010 to recognise drug dependence as a health condition; and for connected purposes.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
29 September 2020 – 29 September 2020
- 2nd reading· Commons
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 2785.