The £2.3 million facility planned for Glasgow's east end would allow users to take their own illegal drugs under medical supervision.
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 illegal drugs under medical supervision.
The pilot project planned for Hunter Street, in the same building as a current drug treatment facility, will be discussed at a Glasgow City Integration Joint Board meeting on Wednesday morning. The board involves NHS and council officials and is recommending the scheme is approved. It highlights that following an HIV outbreak in the city, an assessment “found there are approximately 400 to 500 people injecting drugs in public places in Glasgow city centre on a regular basis”.
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