Scotland’s Urgent Call for Reform: How the Lack of Transparent Drug Death Investigations Impacts Public Health and Police
In Scotland, the absence of a comprehensive system akin to the Coroners’ system in England and Wales raises questions about the accuracy of drug death statistics. In Scotland cause of death is investigated and assessed by the Crown Office and Procurator Service...Save the date for The UK Recovery Walk 2025 Wolverhampton
Following another successful year at FAVOR UK, made possible by sponsors and friends like you, we write to ask for your continued support of our work and to invite you to become a vital sponsor of our 17th UK Recovery Walk, scheduled for Saturday, 13th September...
The UK Recovery Walk & Conference 2025 Brochure
We are delighted to share the official brochure for the 2025 UK Recovery Walk and Conference, taking place in Wolverhampton on 12–13 September 2025. This year marks a historic first: the Walk comes to the Black Country. Together with our local partners –...
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Bidding Process open to host the UK Recovery Walk
Applying to host The UK Recovery Walk is a two-step process: Note Of Interest Bidding Specification Application 1. Please, in the first instance, and in no more than 500 words, send the following information in your Note of Interest: Your name Suggested area Your...
A System That Chose Silence Over Truth
From the very beginning, the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill has been stonewalled not by the public, not by people in recovery, but by the very government-funded quangos that claim to represent them. Organisations like the Scottish Drugs Forum, Scottish...
Performative Outrage Won’t Save Lives: Scotland Needs Accountability, Not Circular Letters
Today more than 70 organisations – including Alcohol and Drug Partnerships (ADPs), government-funded charities, and a parade of Royal Colleges – issued a joint call urging the Scottish Government to take “urgent action” on alcohol deaths. It was presented...
Contradictions and Misrepresentations in Committee Evidence on the Right to Recovery Bill – Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Introduction Scotland is in the grip of a national emergency, an addiction crisis that continues to claim lives at a rate unmatched anywhere else in Europe. Yet during the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee’s Stage 1 scrutiny of the Right to Recovery (Scotland)...
Keeping People Alive Is Not Enough: The Ethical Failure of a ‘Bare Minimum’ Approach to Addiction
ANNEMARIE WARD APR 06, 2025 One of the most common refrains heard in addiction policy debates is, “You can’t recover if you’re dead.” On its face, this is undeniable, recovery is not possible without life. But increasingly, this phrase is wielded not as a call to...
The Illusion of Stabilisation:
Why Addiction Cannot Be Controlled ANNEMARIE WARD APR 05, 2025 In recent years, the language of “stabilisation” has become embedded in the discourse around addiction treatment. On the surface, it appears to be a pragmatic and compassionate approach, helping...
Why How We Tell Addiction Stories Matters: Reflections on the Recent Disclosure Documentary
ANNEMARIE WARD APR 01, 2025 A new documentary BBC Disclosure documentary One more fix has just aired, shining a spotlight on Scotland’s drug death crisis a subject that is as complex as it is emotive. The film specifically focused on the opening of the UK’s...