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Scottish Labour calls for faster action to set up drug consumption rooms

Labour has called on the Scottish Government to move faster in setting up safe consumption facilities for drug users. MSP Paul O’Kane said ministers in Edinburgh are being “too slow, too timid” in taking action on drugs deaths. Safe consumption ...

17 Jan 2023 at 12:53

Scotland

Drug consumption room evaluation should not delay others opening, MSPs told

The evaluation of Scotland’s first drug consumption room should not delay the opening of other facilities elsewhere in the country, MSPs have been told. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC announced earlier this month it would not be “in the public ...

26 Sept 2023 at 12:32

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 Yousaf to ...

25 Jan 2024 at 14:18

Yousaf calls for ‘urgency’ on pilot drugs consumption room in Glasgow

A pilot drugs consumption room in Glasgow must be taken forward “with urgency”, Humza Yousaf has said, after a statement from Scotland’s Lord Advocate paved the way for such a facility to be established. Dorothy Bain KC made clear that ...

11 Sept 2023 at 14:54

”Not in public interest’ to prosecute for possession in drugs consumption room

Scotland’s Lord Advocate has made clear it would “not be in the public interest” to prosecute people in a safe drugs consumption room with possession of illegal substances. Dorothy Bain KC, who is Scotland’s most senior prosecutor, ...

11 Sept 2023 at 11:30

Scotland

Drugs minister pushes consumption rooms during ‘constructive’ UK summit

Scotland’s drugs minister has again pushed the UK Government to allow safe consumption rooms north of the border during a “constructive” meeting. Angela Constance said she met with ministers from across the UK on Thursday to ...

02 Feb 2023 at 16:45

Scotland

Lib Dems call for fresh action to tackle drug deaths

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged ministers to commit to “fresh measures” to tackle the drug deaths crisis. A statement is expected on the issue on Thursday after figures in August showed an increase of 121 deaths ...

12 Sept 2024 at 00:01

Scotland

Scotland has ‘deep problem’ with drugs, Swinney concedes as deaths rise 12%

Scotland has a “deep problem” with drugs and the Government will “consider attentively” action to address an increase in deaths, First Minister John Swinney has said. He was speaking the day after national statistics ...

21 Aug 2024 at 17:03

Scotland

Licence application submitted to launch drug-checking service in Glasgow

Scotland’s drug policy minister has welcomed as a “milestone” the submission of a licensing application for a drug-checking facility in Glasgow. Glasgow becomes the third health and social care partnership to apply ...

26 Jul 2024 at 14:29

Scotland

UK’s first drug consumption room to open later this month

The first safe drug consumption room in the UK will open in Glasgow on January 13, the council has confirmed. The facility will allow drug users to take illegal substances under medical supervision with the hopes ...

03 Jan 2025 at 20:11

Swinney: Consumption room should help reduce ‘entirely unacceptable’ drug deaths

John Swinney has said he hopes the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will help reduce the “entirely unacceptable” level of drug deaths in Scotland. The First Minister was speaking as he toured the new ...

10 Jan 2025 at 14:42

Drug consumption room ‘significant step forward’ in tackling deaths – Swinney

The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was speaking as he ...

10 Jan 2025 at 12:38

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