{"longTitle":"A Bill to require the Secretary of State to declare problem drug use a public health emergency; to require the Secretary of State to review the effects of welfare sanctions on people who use drugs; to make the Department for Health and Social Care the lead department for drugs policy; to require the Secretary of State to respond publicly to recommendations of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs; to amend the classification of drugs in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971; to make provision for safe drug consumption facilities; to decriminalise the possession of small quantities of drugs for personal use; to make provision about the stigmatisation of problem drug use; to amend the Equality Act 2010 to recognise drug dependence as a health condition; and for connected purposes.","summary":null,"sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":4453,"name":"Tommy Sheppard","party":"Scottish National Party","partyColour":"fff685","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/4453/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/4453/contact","memberFrom":"Edinburgh East"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":2785,"shortTitle":"Problem Drug Use Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2021-05-05T16:54:52.425334","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":5,"introducedSessionId":35,"includedSessionIds":[35],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":12432,"stageId":7,"sessionId":35,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}