Campaigner snubs Tory drugs plan

Right to Recovery Bill will do more harm than good, says activist Krykant

- MARK McGIVERN

PROMINENT drugs campaigners have snubbed Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross by withdrawing support for the party's "Right to Recovery" Bill.

The private Bill was drafted by campaigners Annemarie Ward, of charity FAVOR, and Stephen Wishart, with the aim of offering legal redress if addiction treatment is refused or blocked.

The Scottish Tories were the only party to offer support but many voices have praised the Bill in recent months.

However, activist Peter Krykant, along with the influential Release and Transform drug reform bodies, has published a paper that claims the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill could end up doing more harm than good.