Right to recovery bill rejected by Scottish Parliament
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A bill that would have given people with drug and alcohol addictions the legal right to treatment has been rejected by the Scottish Parliament. Former Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross, who tabled the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill, said the legislation would have saved lives. However, opponents said the proposals risked overburdening already stretched services. Parliament voted by 63 votes to 52 to reject the bill.
The proposed legislation fell at stage one, in which MSPs are asked to agree to its general principles, after the g
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