{"id":1098050,"date":"2021-12-08T10:29:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098050"},"modified":"2021-12-08T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:29:07","slug":"woke-scottish-govt-to-replace-word-addict-with-person-with-problematic-substance-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-scottish-govt-to-replace-word-addict-with-person-with-problematic-substance-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Woke Scottish Govt to Replace Word &#039;Addict&#039; with &#039;Person with Problematic Substance Use&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoke-scottish-govt-to-replace-word-addict-with-person-with-problematic-substance-use%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1098050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236998500-e1638810933516-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Drug abusers are to be treated like they have \u201ca health problem\u201d rather than a propensity to indulge in self-destructive and sometimes criminal behaviour in Scotland, with terms like \u201calcoholic\u201d and \u201caddict\u201d scrapped in favour of woke alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government, wants alcoholism and drug abuse to be treated as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h0TfqpCYei4\">health condition<\/a>&nbsp;in the belief that this might do something about Scotland\u2019s problem with drugs deaths, in particular, with fatalities up 5 per cent in 2020 to&nbsp;1,339 \u2014 the highest annual death toll yet recorded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>To that end, the left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) which has charge of the government and much of the public sector is leading a politically correct campaign to have terms such as \u201calcoholic\u201d, \u201caddict\u201d, and the more pejorative \u201cjunkie\u201d replaced obfuscatory bureaucrat-speak terms like&nbsp;\u201cperson with problematic substance use\u201d, \u201cperson with harmful alcohol use\u201d, and \u201cperson with problematic drug use\u201d, the BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-59542090\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.49552238806\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A drug or alcohol problem is a health condition. People should receive help and support, not judgement. Stigma is damaging to mental health, self-worth and is a barrier to treatment for individuals and their families.  Let\u2019s end the stigma of addiction <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c4uUBXQfNd\">pic.twitter.com\/c4uUBXQfNd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Angela Constance (@AConstanceSNP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AConstanceSNP\/status\/1467816188034043908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is a hard-hitting national campaign which encourages people to see the personal story behind the stereotype,\u201d waxed&nbsp;Angela Constance, the Minister for Drug Policy in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cStigma is damaging not only to the individual in terms of their mental health and sense of self-worth but it also discourages them from coming forward to get the help they need. It also impacts on friends and family members,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy addressing stigma, and the silence and alienation it causes, we make it easier for people to seek help and that is to the benefit of each and every one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The drive will include a variety of posters bearing such slogans as&nbsp;\u201cNo, I\u2019m not well. I have an alcohol problem\u201d and \u201cNo, I\u2019m not well. I have a drug problem,\u201d followed by the explainer: \u201cA drug or alcohol problem is a health condition. People should receive help and support, not judgment. Let\u2019s end the stigma of addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, illegal drug use and, in some circumstances, excessive drunkenness are both criminal offences, although the authorities seem to be less than enthusiastic about punishing them.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Randy Marsh is Powerless Against This Terrible Disease - SOUTH PARK\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h0TfqpCYei4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Jack Montgomery on Twitter:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>@JackBM<\/span><\/a><\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackBMontgomery\"><span>ontgomery<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug abusers are to be treated like they have \u201ca health problem\u201d rather than a propensity to indulge in self-destructive and sometimes criminal behaviour in Scotland, with terms like \u201calcoholic\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1098050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1098050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1098050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1098050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1098050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1098050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}