Call to amend Misuse of Drugs Regulations to make it easier to pilot overdose prevention centres
In the United Kingdom, in 2020, there were 4,517 deaths related to illicit drug use; the highest rate of drug related deaths since records began. It is necessary to provide the full range of evidence-based drug treatment and harm reduction interventions to prevent these deaths.
Overdose prevention centres are healthcare facilities where people consume their own drugs under the supervision of trained staff who intervene in the event of an overdose. These sites are provided in at least 13 countries, but not the UK. International evidence demonstrates they reduce drug related deaths, encourage safer injecting practices to prevent infections and increase engagement with wider drug treatment and support services.
In December 2021, the Faculty of Public Health published an open letter calling for pilot overdose prevention centres in the UK. This call was supported by 84 leading organisations, including Royal Medical Colleges, public health bodies, drug service providers, academic and third sector organisations; and numerous individual signatories.
In response, the Government argued that there is no legal framework to run overdose prevention centres in the UK. Although there is no law which specifically bans such services, offences such as drug possession would be committed within them. Under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001, some acts that would otherwise be controlled by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 are already exempt from criminalisation, in order to enable services that reduce harms.
Over the past year, the Drug Science Enhanced Harm Reduction Working Group has been researching the feasibility of setting up pilot overdose prevention centres in the UK. This work has demonstrated there is a clear need for the services in areas with high levels of drug related harm, and cross-agency support for their introduction.
We call on the Government to amend the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 to make it easier to establish pilots of overdose prevention centres. This is an easy step that would not require primary legislation. It would help local agencies to build the evidence base and save lives.
Sign the letter here.
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Pathologists
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Faculty for Homeless and Inclusion Health
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine
Faculty of Public Health
Faculty of Public Health Drugs Special Interest Group
Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare
Association of Directors of Public Health
British Medical Association (BMA)
British Psychological Society
English Substance Use Commissioners Group
National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH)
Conservative Drug Policy Reform Group (CDPRG)
Drug Policy Reform All-Party Parliamentary Group
Drugs, Alcohol & Justice All-Party Parliamentary Group
Labour Campaign for Drug Policy Reform
Green Party
1 Call Care C.I.C
Addiction Professionals
Alcohol & Drugs Action
Alcohol Focus Scotland
Alternat+ves
Arch Healthcare
Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology
Barod
Blackpool Council
Bristol City Council
Bristol Drugs Project (BDP)
British HIV Association (BHIVA)
British Journal of General Practice
British Viral Hepatitis Group
Build on Belief Ltd
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Capital 10X
Cardiff Rapid Access Prescribing Service
Celebrate recovery
Change Grow Live
College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Conviction
Correlation - European Harm Reduction Network
Cranstoun
Crew 2000 Scotland
Criminal Justice Alliance
Drug Policy Interdisciplinary Network
Drug Science
Drugtrain
DrugWise
Ekklesia (thinktank)
European Network of People who Use Drugs (EuroNPUD)
Figure 8 Consultancy Service Ltd
Forward Trust
Foundations
Fundacja Global Public Health Network
Global Law Enforcement and Public Health Association
Global platform for Drug Consumption Rooms
Harbour Housing
Harm Reduction International
Health Poverty Action
Humankind
Inclusion
INQUEST
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
International Network of Drug Consumption Rooms
Kaleidoscope Project
Kinbee Ltd
Knowledge•Action•Change
Law Enforcement Action Partnership UK
London Borough of Hackney
London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
National AIDS Trust
National Needle Exchange Forum
NHS Grampian
No Limits
Pathway
Pecan
Pharmacy Declares
Prisoners' Advice Service
Probation Institute
Project 6
Release
Renaissance UK Ltd
Restorative Thinking
Revolving Doors
School and Public Health Nurses Association
Scottish Drugs Forum
Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs
Scottish Specialist Pharmacists in Substance use Management (SSPiSM)
Shekinah
Single Homeless Project
Students for Sensible Drug Policy UK
SUIT (Service User Involvement Team)
The Central Club Podcast
The Connection at St Martin's
The Corbett Network
The Hepatitis C Trust
The Loop
The Museum of Drugs
The Queen's Nursing Institute
The Wallich
Transform Drug Policy Foundation
Transform Justice
Turning Point
UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health
UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Healthcare
University of Bristol Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group
Voices Action Change
Volteface
We Are With You
Alan Brown MP
Alison Thewliss MP
Allan Dorans MP
Alyn Smith MP
Caroline Lucas MP
Christine Jardine MP
Colette Stevenson MSP
Crispin Blunt MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform
Dave Doogan MP
Dr Philippa Whitford MP
Foysol Choudhury MSP
Gillian Mackay MSP
Gillian Martin MSP, Conveyor of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee in the Scottish Parliament
Hannah Bardell MP
Jeff Smith MP, Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform
Joanna Cherry QC MP, Deputy Chair Joint Committee on Human Rights
Joe FitzPatrick MSP
Maggie Chapman MSP, Scottish Greens Spokesperson on Equalities, Human Rights, Justice and Economy
Marion Fellows MP
Martin Docherty-Hughes MP
Martyn Day MP
Mercedes Villalba MSP
Monica Lennon MSP
Neale Hanvey MP
Patrick Grady MP
Paul McLennan MSP
Paul Sweeney MSP
Pauline McNeill MSP
Peredur Owen Griffiths AS/MS
Rachael Maskell MP
Rhys ab Owen MS
Ronnie Cowan MP
Stuart McDonald MP
Tommy Sheppard MP
Andrew Boff AM (Member of the London Assembly)
Caroline Russell AM (Member of the London Assembly)
Cllr Brian Smyth, County Antrim, Green Party Councillor, Belfast City Council
Cllr Elie King, Cabinet Member for Public Health and Communities, Bristol City Council
Cllr Nadia El-Nakla, Dundee City Council
Adam Daniel Hillmann
Adam Osprey
Adam Waugh, PsyCare U.K. - Welfare and Harm Reduction
Adam Whitehouse, Substance Service Team Leader,
Aimee Hodgkinson
Alexander Adam, Principal Specialist Pharmacist in Substance Misuse
Alice Gregorie, PhD Student
Alice Wiseman FFPH, Director of Public Health
Alina Louise Kruszyna, Training Officer, Crew2000
Alison Douglas, Chief Executive, Alcohol Focus Scotland
Alison Eadie, Health Psychologist, NHS Tayside
Alison Henderson
Alistair Flowers, Development Manager (Complex Needs), English Substance Use Commissioners Group
Allison Brindley, Assistant Professor
Alyn Smith MP
Amie Frayne
Andreana Sutherland
Andrew Garraway, Development Manager, NHS Highland
Andrew Perkins
Andy Beckingham FFPH MRSTMH, Consultant in Public Health and Research Fellow
Andy Bendiks, Community Substance use nurse, NHS Lothian
Angela Gray
Angela Jones
Angie McSorley, Over 50's Worker, CAVDAS
Ani Hohmann, Organisation and Development Manager, Build on Belief
Anna Brook, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Anna Lewis, Team leader, Barod
Anna Powell, PhD Student in Psychology and Neuroscience
Anthony Lehane, Policy Consultant, Cranstoun & LCDPR
April Stoneman, Substance Use Health Nurse/Street Nurse, NHS
Arfon Jones, Former Police & Crime Commissioner for North Wales
Arran Crawford, Registered Mental Health Nurse
Ashley Dunlop, Public Health Nurse, NHS
Ashley Gray, Senior Alcohol & Drug Recovery Worker, IADRS
Ashley Helen Holden
Barend Strydom, Director
Ben Corken, Harm Reduction Senior Practicioner, Change Grow Live
Ben Matthew Corken, Harm Reduction Senior Practitioner
Ben Scher, PhD Student, University of Oxford
Bernadette Guthrie, RMN
Beth Costelloe
Blaine Stothard, Writer, Editor and Consultant on Drug Policy
Bograkou Tzanetakou Aikaterini, Scientific Collaborator, School of Medicine, European University Cyprus
Brian Reed, Outreach Co-ordinator, Anyone’s Child
Brigitte Steigenberger
Captain (Dr) Will Pearson, GP (Inclusion Health)
Carla Hobart, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Carla McCaffrey, Social Worker - Harm Reduction
Cassandra Powers, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Cath Hoskins
Catherine Shuttleworth, Public Health Speciality Registrar
Catriona Watson
Chantelle Ward, MASH Manchester Action Street Health
Charles Mack, CEO, Cranstoun
Charlotte Hopkins, Director, Kinbee Ltd
Charlotte Percival, Service Manager, Kaleidoscope
Chris Haslam
Chris Lovitt, Deputy Director of Public Health, City and Hackney Public Health
Chris Messenger, Programme Manager, Scottish Drugs Forum
Chris Paling, Drug Worker
Chris Rintoul, Service Development and Innovation Advisor, Cranstoun
Claire Bissett, Forward Trust
Claire Chandler, Campaigns & Communications Officer, Kaleidoscope
Claire Longmuir
Clara Anderson, Community Pharmacist
Clara Bale, Family Mediation
Clare Jackson, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Cullan Mais, Outreach Worker, Kaleidoscope
Daniel Ahmed, Clinical Partner, Foundations
Daniel Jones, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Daniel Rogers, Substance Use Care Coordinator, No Limits (Youth Charity)
Daniel Roy Alexander
Daniel Stewart, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Daryl Hawick, Bluevale Community Club
David Badcock, Chief Executive Officer, Drug Science
David James, CRAFT & ITC Family and Friends Meeting Facilitator, Alternat+ves
David Leeman, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Deb Hussey, Harm Reduction Manager, Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service
Dee Cunniffe, Policy Lead London Joint Working Group, London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C
Denise Johnson, Drugs Worker
Denise Rooney
Derek Petrie RMN, Community Mental Health Nurse
Diane Watson, Advanced Clinical Pharmacist, Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services, NHS
Donna Thain, MCN Manager - Sexual Health and BBV
Dr Adam Holland, Co-Chair, Faculty of Public Health Drugs Special Interest Group
Dr Alex Armitage, Consultant Paediatrician
Dr Alexander Thomas Boyd Moir
Dr Alison Bedford Russell, Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Alison Potts
Dr Andrew McAuley, Reader in Public Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr Andrew Turner, Consultant in Public Health, Cheshire East Council
Dr Anna Humphreys, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Anthony Baynham, Medical Education Fellow
Dr Arif Rajpura, Director of Public Health, Blackpool Council
Dr Becky Metcalfe, Sexual Health and HIV Consultant, NHS GGC
Dr Cathal Gallagher, Reader in Healthcare Ethics and Law
Dr Charlotte Marriott, Consultant Psychiatrist
Dr Charlotte Parbery-Clark
Dr Chris Ford FRCGP
Dr Christine Haigh, Junior Doctor, Swansea Community Drug & Alcohol Team
Dr Christopher J Byrne
Dr Ciaran Kennedy, Academic Clinical Fellow and Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Dan Lewer, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Daniel Jones, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr David Barr, Infectious Diseases Clinician,
Dr David Watkin, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Dean Connolly, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Ellie Messham
Dr Emilia Crighton, FFPH, FRCP, Interim Director of Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Dr Emily Crick
Dr Emily Tweed, Clinical Lecturer in Public Health and Honorary Specialty Registrar
Dr Euan Lawson, Editor, BJGP
Dr Fay Dennis, Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Gabriella Morley, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Gillian W Shorter, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
Dr Hannah Barton, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Hannah Carver, University of Stirling
Dr Hannah Maiden, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Helen Zealley, Retired, formerly Director of Public Health, Lothian NHS
Dr James Nicholls, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of Stirling
Dr Jamie Fagg, Public Health Specialty Registrar, Royal Free NHS Hospital Trust
Dr Jenny Scott, Senior Lecturer, University of Bath
Dr Jo Kesten, Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Dr Judith Yates, Retired GP, International Doctors for Health based Drug Policies (IDHDP)
Dr Julie Cavanagh
Dr Julie Harris, Ulster University
Dr Katharine Whittingham, Associate Professor
Dr Kerry Bailey, Public Health Consultant, Public Health Wales
Dr Kirsty Licence, Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Dr Lucy Potter, Academic GP, Homeless Health Service and University of Bristol
Dr Magdalena Harris, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Dr Majel McGranahan
Dr Margaret Douglas, MPH Programme Co-Director, University of Edinburgh
Dr Mark A Aldersley, Consultant Hepatologist
Dr Mark Monaghan, Reader in Criminology and Social Policy, University of Birmingham
Dr Michelle Croston, Associate Professor of Nursing
Dr Miles Mack
Dr Olivia Maynard, Senior Lecturer, Psychological Science, University of Bristol
Dr Peter Murray MB BS, Psychiatry Doctor - Addictions, NHS
Dr Philip Broadbent, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Plinio Ferreira, Research Associate, Imperial College London
Dr Rachel Thomson, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Rosie McNee, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Saket Priyadarshi, Associate Medical Director, NHS GGC Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services
Dr Sally MacVinish, Faculty of Public Health
Dr Sarah Stacey, Clinical Psychologist
Dr Scott Berwick, Specialist Trainee in Anaesthesia, NHS Scotland
Dr Sharon Greenwood, Lecturer in Public Health, University of Glasgow
Dr Simon Ferris
Dr Stefanie Gissing, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Stephen Willott, GP and Clinical Lead, Windmill Practice and Public Health Department, Nottingham City Council - Conference Chair, RCGP Managing Drugs and Alcohol Problems in Primary Care
Dr Steve Glazzard, Alcohol and other drugs worker,
Dr Suzanne Tang, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Dr Tim Worthley, Clinical Lead Arch Healthcare, PCN Clinical Director
Dr Tim Wyatt OBE, FFPH, FRCPath, FRSB., Consultant Microbiologist, NI Public Health Agency
Dr Tom May, Research Fellow, University of Bristol
Dr Tom Scott-Gatty, Homeless Outreach Psychiatry Doctor, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Dr Tom Yates, Clinical Lecturer in Infectious Disease and General Medicine, University College London
Dr Trevor Lakey, Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager
Dr Wulf Livingston, Reader in Social Sciences
Dr Zara Hansen, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Duncan Hill, Specialist Pharmacist in Substance Misuse
Ed Addison
Edward William Davies, Data Scientist
Elwyn Thomas, Co-Production Lead, Kaleidoscope
Emily Brown, Criminal Justice Resilience Worker, Dechrau Newydd
Emine Jane Omer
Emma Clark, Service Manager, Kaleidoscope
Emma Cookson
Eve MacLeod
Evelyn Houf
Felix Johnson
Fintan Dominic Smith
Fionnuala Casey
Fran Bury, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Frances Matthewson
Francis Mitchell
Fraser Hoggan, Chief Executive Officer, Alcohol & Drugs Action
Gabriel Alterman
Gabriel Stoltz
Gabriella Bancroft
Gai Smith
Gareth Morgan
Georgia Threadgold, Senior Project Manager (Hepatitis C Elimination)
Georgina Mills, Neuroscience Research Assistant
Gilda Nunez, Public Health Lead, Drugs and Alcohol, Local Authority
Gillian Baillie-Sharp
Greg Cooper, PhD student
Guy Rainey, Director of Business Development, Change Grow Live
Hailey Zislis, Health Improvement Manager (Drugs), Public Health Scotland
Hannah Poulter, Research Associate
Harri Lloyd-Williams, Public Health Practitioner
Harry Shapiro, Director, DrugWise
Hazel Close, Lead Pharmacist Public Health, NHS Fife
Heather Ross
Helen Benson, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Helen Macdonald
Helen Rodgers, Service Manager St Anne's Harm Reduction Social Support Team, St Anne's Community Services/Forward Leeds
Helen Thompson Jones, Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Iain Cameron, Manager Harm Reduction Services, Extern
Ian Hamilton, Associate Professor of Addiction, University of York
Isabella Pakulska
James Bunn, Head of Operations, Drug Science
James Edmondson, Service Development Manager, Forward Trust
James McCombe, Service Manager Substance Use & Criminal Justice, No Limits
James O'Driscoll MPharm, Pharmacist
Janet Thompso
Jason Kew (Hon MFPH), Senior Innovative Practice Lead, The Centre For Justice Innovation
Jeanette Ann Walker, Councillor, Middlesbrough Council
Jeanne Mackay
Jemima Berenice Furminger
Jennifer Gatti, Learning Content Lead, With You
Jennifer McEwan, Pharmacist
Jenny Buckley
Jeremy Ferris, Anti Social Behaviour Officer, Local Government, Northern Ireland
Joan Brown
Joanna Foster
Joanne Bramald
John Jolly, CEO
John McLuskey, Associate Professor of Nursing
John Mooney FFPH, Consultant in Public Health, NHS Grampian
John Pitchers, Chair, Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology
Joseph Holloway
Joshua Torrance, Criminology teacher (University level), University of Bristol
Judith Tate, Service Coordinator - Alcohol and Other Drugs Service
Julian Surey
Julie Billett
Julie Hunt
Julie McCartney
Kadeem Marshall-Oxley, Community organiser, No More Exclusions
Kate Fay, Young Person's Substance Misuse Worker, ROADS - Bristol Drug Service
Kate Halliday, Executive Director, Addiction Professionals
Kate Moss, Business Development Manager, Harbour Housing
Kate Newberry, Senior Housing Intervention Worker, Kaleidoscope
Kate Shethwood, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Kath Davies, Kaleidoscope
Katharine Shethwood, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Katherine Watkinson
Kathleen McCallion
Keiran Ogier, Director of services / Responsible Individual, 1Call Care C.I.C.
Kendra Schneller, Homeless and Inclusion Health Project Lead, The Queen's Nursing Institute
Kerry Littleford, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Kevin Davey
Khadidja Tebbakh, Account Manager
Kieren Olds, Peer Coordinator, Hepatitis C Trust
Kirsty Limburn, Bereaved Mother
Kirsty Nelson, Parish Nurse
Lady Val Corbett, Founder, The Corbett Network
Laura Ogilvie
Laura Roberts, Assertive Outreach Practitioner, Kaleidoscope
Leanne Ellaway, Social Worker, AWP
Leanne Jones, Public Health Student,
Lee Buckley
Leighton Lovell, Peer Champion, Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service
Leila Reid, Director of Corporate Services, The Hepatitis C Trust
Leonie Roberts, Consultant in Public Health
Lesley Parkinson, Restorative Thinking
Lewis Boddy
Lianne Edwards
Lilli Waples, MScR Psychology Student, University of Bristol
Lisa Byrne, Changing Futures Surrey / English Substance Use Commissioners Group
Lisa Meredith, Gwent APB
Lisa Rigby, Drop-In Services Coordinator, Crew 2000
Louis Palfreyman
Louisa Chowen, Service Manager for Drug and Alcohol Services Bristol
Lucy Denvir, Consultant in Public Health
Lucy Skea, Specialist Pharmacist in Substance and Medicines Use, NHS Grampian
Luke Ogden, Helpline Manager, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Luke O'Neil, Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service
Lynsey Boyd, Nurse
Maggie Boreham MBPsS, MSc, London, English Substance Misuse Commissioners Group
Maija Sarkkama, Drug Counsellor, Crew2000
Marcus Johnson, Project Co-Ordinator, MBACP
Maria Evans, Substance Misuse Commissioner, Gwent APB
Mariebeth Kilbride, Senior Officer Drug Death Prevention, Scottish Drugs Forum
Marisha Wickremsinhe, Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Mark Adley
Mark Jackson
Mark Pearson, Assistant Professor in Mental Health, University of Nottingham
Martin Blakebrough, CEO, Kaleidoscope
Martin Drewry, CEO, Health Poverty Action
Martin White
Mat Southwell, Project Executive, European Network of People who Use Drugs
Matt Jones, Voices Action Change
Matthew Cox
Meg Jones, Director for New Business & Services, Cranstoun
Megan Drysdale
Melanie Kelly
Michael Hunter, Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
Michael Wakelyn-Green, Drug & Alcohol Recovery Practitioner
Min Na Eii, Acute Medicine Pharmacist
Miriam Swithinbank, Drugs and Alcohol Practitioner /Team Manager (RMN)
Nadine Edey, Housing Intervention Worker, Kaleidoscope
Naomi Miall, Epidemiologist, University of Glasgow
Natalie Dale
Natalie Savery
Natalie Travis, National Head of Service, Turning Point
Ned Aitken
Neil Cassells, Substance Use Clinical Pharmacist
Neil Potter, Harm Reduction Practitioner
Nicholas Smith
Nick Glynn, Senior Program Officer, Open Society Foundations
Nicola Ainsworth, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Nicola R Lacono
Nicola Singleton, Former Director of Policy & Research, UK Drug Policy Commission
Nicole White, Harm Reduction Nurse / Non Medical Prescriber
Oliver Coles
Paddy Costall, Company Director, Knowledge Action Change
Paloma Kiley, Director of Clinical Services
Paula Hymphreys, Housing Intervention Worker, Kaleidoscope
Pawel Pysz
Peter Furlong, National Harm Reduction Lead, Change Grow Live
Peter Krykant, Project Lead, Cranstoun
Philippa Morris, Young Person's Drug/ Criminal Justice Worker, We Are With You
Philippe Bonnet, Chair, National Needle Exchange Forum
Pip Farman, Consultant in Public Health
Prof Al Story, Co-Director, UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health
Prof Alex Stevens, University of Kent
Prof Andrew Hayward, Director UCL Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, Co-Director UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health
Prof Andrew Percy, Professor of Quantitative Criminology, Queen's University Belfast
Prof Anthony David Lane
Prof Charlie Lloyd, University of York
Prof Claire Anderson, President, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Prof David Nutt, Imperial College London and Drug Science UK
Prof Debra Lapthorne, Retired, formerly Regional Director of Public Health
Prof Fiona Measham, University of Liverpool & The Loop
Prof Gerry Stimson, Emeritus Professor Imperial College London
Prof Harry Sumnall, Professor in Substance Use
Prof Joanne Neale
Prof Karen Duke, Professor of Criminology, Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Middlesex University
Prof Katy Holloway, Professor of Criminology
Prof Lindsay Forbes, Professor of Public Health, University of Kent
Prof Michael Eddleston
Prof Michel Kazatchkine, Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy
Prof Patricia Hudson
Prof Rob Ralphs, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy, Manchester Metropolitan University
Prof Ross Coomber, University of Liverpool
Prof Roy Robertson, Professor of Addiction Medicine and Medical Practitioner, University of Edinburgh
Prof Sue Atkinson CBE MB BChir BSc MA FFPH, Faculty of Public Health
Prof Tessa Parkes, Professor of Substance Use and Inclusion Health, University of Stirling
Prof Toby Seddon, Professor of Social Science, University College London
Rebecca Marriott
Rebekah Tarren
Rebekka Steadman
Rev Cris Watkins, Minister of Religion, S.N.C.D.
Rich Amos, Detox and Aftercare, I.P.E.D lead, Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service
Richard Beastall
Richard Hanford
Rick Stephens, Voices Action Change
Rob Wiley
Robin Scoville
Rondine Molinaro, Kaleidoscope Project
Rosemary Jennings, Community Recovery Worker (Drug & Alcohol)
Roz Gittins, President, College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Ruhee Lalani
Ruth Brown
Ruth Goldsmith
Ruth Merriman, Recovery Worker
Ryan Jarvis LLB (Hons), Founder, CEO & Independent Advocate, Conviction, Criminal Justice Hub, Autism in the CJS
Sally Amor, Public Health Specialist
Sam Martschinke
Samantha Facey, Senior Staff Nurse, Local Hospice
Samantha Stewart
Sarah Cullen, Staff Nurse IDART Perth, NHS Tayside
Sarah Dommett, Support Worker, Doorway Project
Sarah Donaldson, Specialist Pharmacist in Substance Use
Sarah Macfarlane, Specialist Pharmacist in Substance Use, NHS Fife
Sarah Peat, Emerging Trends Training Coordinator, Crew 2000
Sarah Perman
Sarah Vaile, Founder & Director, Recovery Cymru
Sarra Naylor
Scott Murphy
Scott Rowland, Substance Misuse Outreach Worker, Gwent Drug and Alcohol Service
Sebastien Payan
Selena Gray, Emerita Professor of Public Health
Serena Luchenski, BSc, MSc, FFPH, Clinical Research Fellow and Honorary Consultant Public Health
Shamoona Hussain, RMN - Specialist Drug and Alcohol Practitioner
Simon Barrow, Director, Ekklesia
Simon J Greasley RMN, ENB931, V300, Dip Hyp, Nurse practitioner
Sir Nick Clegg, Member, Global Commission on Drug Policy
Sonja Lenihan
Stephanie Rye, Rapid Access Prescribing Service, G4S
Steve Rolles, Transform
Stuart Toovey
Susan Evans, Teacher
Susan Grabt, Homelessness worker
Tessa Vallely, Healthcare Assistant, NHS
Thomas Valentine, Emergency Call Handler, Scottish Ambulance Service
Tim Sampey, Chief Executive, Build on Belief
Tom Gilbert
Valerie Little
Vicky Sander, Special Educational Needs Inspector (Retired)
Victoria Cooling, Public Health Specialty Registrar
Violet Carey-Barnes, Criminal Justice Worker
Viv Hamilton, Argyll and Bute
Wayne Gault, Lead Officer, Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership, NHS Grampian
Wendy Taylor, Cranstoun
Zehra Tahtakilic, Substance Misuse Recovery Worker, NHS
Published 20 June 2022
