A Person-centred, Trauma-informed Public Health Approach to Substance Use in the Justice System

As an amendment to motion S6M-03625 in the name of Keith Brown (A Person-centred, Trauma-informed Public Health Approach to Substance Use in the Justice System), leave out from “, and that further consultation” to end and insert “; further agrees that sufficient progress will not be made until the preventative policies are backed by sufficient investment and the Scottish Government addresses Scotland's socioeconomic inequalities; considers that efforts to support and provide treatment to prisoners who experience problematic drug use have been undermined by ongoing overcrowding and pressures facing healthcare staff in prisons; notes the positive impacts made by the specialist drug court in Glasgow, and calls on the Scottish Government to expand access to these courts across Scotland.”