The IMS Drug Related Deaths annual conference 2021 took place online as a Microsoft Teams Webinar on the morning of Thursday 2nd December.
While part of the conference’s focus was on Cheshire and Merseyside data from 2020, with the system now being rolled out to the 10 Greater Manchester local authorities it also looked at some of the broader issues we are facing as a region.
We were joined at the conference by a number of speakers including activist and campaigner Peter Krykant who spoke about the work in Glasgow with his pioneering drug consumption van alongside his new role with the charity Cranstoun, and heard from Anyone’s Child, the campaign by Transform Drug Policy Foundation to “end the war on drugs, better protect our children, and get drugs under control.”
Presentations and a recording of the event are available on the DRD event page.