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This briefing note summarises the policy developments so far around Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs and the government’s initial response to the review. We will continue to update

As noted previously Collective Voice strongly welcomes Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs and its call for increased funding. In conversation with some colleagues we have noted confusion as

The government has published its initial response to the second part of Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs. The second part of the Black Review made 32 recommendations that,

On Monday 12 July 2021 Collective Voice hosted a webinar with Dame Carol Black on the second part of her landmark independent review of drugs. We also heard from Rosanna

Last Thursday 8th July, the second part of Dame Carol Black’s landmark independent review of drugs was published. The review makes 32 wide-ranging recommendations that, if acted on, would signal

PRESS RELEASE The second part of Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs has been published, making radical recommendations for drug treatment, recovery and prevention and powerfully putting forward the

Collective Voice is delighted to announce the appointment of Lea Milligan as its first Independent Chair. Lea is the Chief Executive of mental health research charity MQ. Collective Voice began

From Monday 17th May, support groups – which include those supporting people “with, or recovering from, addictions (including alcohol, narcotics or other substance addictions) or addictive patterns of behaviour” –

The research found that local authority funding for drug and alcohol treatment services fell by 27 per cent between 2013 and 2019, removing £212 million from the system. The same

Following the February release of provisional data on deaths from alcohol-specific causes for the first three quarters of 2020, the ONS has now published figures for the final quarter of