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Health impact of first drugs consumption room won’t be known for years, MPs told

It will take several years for the full health impact of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room in Glasgow to be understood, MPs have been told. A group of experts giving evidence to Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee said international ...

12 Feb 2025 at 17:00

Scotland

Safe injection centre boss ‘convinced’ more would have died without facility

The boss of the UK’s first safer drug consumption room has said she is “absolutely, fully convinced” more people would be dead as a result of overdose if the centre did not exist. The Thistle opened in Glasgow in January after years of political ...

31 Mar 2025 at 09:21

Scotland

Edinburgh identifies two potential sites for new drug consumption room

Officials at Edinburgh City Council have identified two sites for a potential new drugs consumption room. A report released by the city’s Integration Joint Board (IJB) revealed the facility could open on the Cowgate or on Spittal Street, both ...

26 Aug 2025 at 18:27

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