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Just get on with setting up drug consumption rooms, campaigners urge

The Scottish Government has been urged to “just get on” with drug consumption rooms despite concerns over their legality. The facilities were first floated seven years ago, with Glasgow’s health and social care partnership drawing up plans for one ...

22 Mar 2023 at 14:49

Using psychedelics in mental health treatment ‘not hippy movement’, says expert

The use of psychedelic drugs to treat mental health conditions is not “a weird hippy movement”, an expert has said. Professor David Nutt will speak to the Scottish Parliament next month about a “more rational drugs policy”, before he gives a talk ...

31 Aug 2023 at 20:36

UK Government will not intervene on plans for drug consumption room, says Jack

The UK Government will not intervene to stop a pilot drug consumption room in Scotland, Alister Jack has said. The Scottish Secretary said ministers at Holyrood now have “no more excuses” to act after he made the commitment in the House of ...

13 Sept 2023 at 14:17

Home Office minister says no plans to ‘interfere’ on drug consumption room pilot

A drug consumption room pilot in Scotland has moved a step closer after the Home Office said it has no plans to interfere. Home Office minister Chris Philp said the UK Government does not support such facilities in England and Wales, as ...

18 Sept 2023 at 16:13

Scotland

Rehab funding unaffected by cost of drug consumption room, vows Yousaf

The pilot of the UK’s first consumption room will not take away vital resources from other drug addiction services, the First Minister has said. During First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Conservative MSP Annie Wells asked Humza ...

25 Jan 2024 at 14:18

Sunak: Drug consumption rooms will not work to tackle addiction

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he does not believe drug consumption rooms can work, after a pilot programme was approved in Glasgow. The city council backed the creation of the facility this week after years of legal ...

28 Sept 2023 at 17:43

First drug consumption room approved as work continues on avoiding prosecutions

Significant work will be needed to ensure drug users are not prosecuted for transporting illegal drugs into the UK’s first safe consumption room, the head of Glasgow’s health and social care partnership has said. The ...

27 Sept 2023 at 21:36

Drug consumption room will save lives, says former addict

A drug consumption room being set up in Glasgow will help save lives, one former addict has said. The 52-year-old, from Paisley, used drugs for more than 30 years before going into residential rehabilitation and ...

27 Sept 2023 at 15:32

UK’s first drug consumption room enabling supervised injection approved

The UK’s first drug consumption room for users to take illegal drugs under medical supervision has been approved. The £2.3 million facility is planned for Glasgow’s east end and will allow users to take their ...

27 Sept 2023 at 13:16

UK’s first drug consumption room expected to be approved

The UK’s first drug consumption room is expected to get the go-ahead at a meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday. The £2.3 million facility planned for the city’s east end would allow users to take their own ...

27 Sept 2023 at 09:31

Mordaunt: SNP’s legacy appalling but Scots do have somewhere warm to take heroin

Penny Mordaunt has claimed young Scots will have “somewhere safe and warm to take heroin” as a result of the SNP’s “appalling legacy”. The Commons Leader took aim at the SNP’s record, including its ...

23 Nov 2023 at 17:42

Scotland

Drug consumption room could be open by next summer, says minister

The UK’s first drug consumption room could be open by next summer, the Scottish Government’s drugs policy minister has said. Elena Whitham said there will be “robust” consultation with people who ...

22 Nov 2023 at 12:53

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