{"id":7564,"date":"2023-09-29T12:08:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T06:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/scotland-to-get-u-k-s-first-ever-illegal-drug-consumption-room-in-bid-to-tackle-addiction\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T06:38:38","slug":"scotland-to-get-u-k-s-first-ever-illegal-drug-consumption-room-in-bid-to-tackle-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/scotland-to-get-u-k-s-first-ever-illegal-drug-consumption-room-in-bid-to-tackle-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland to get U.K.’s first ever illegal drug “consumption room” in bid to tackle addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Scottish city of Glasgow will soon host the U.K.’s first “consumption room,” where people can go to use illegal drugs in a controlled environment, in a bid to address Scotland’s long-standing problem with addiction. The facility will allow drug users to consume drugs including cocaine and heroin in a hygienic and safe environment under the supervision of health care professionals.<\/p>\n

“There is overwhelming international evidence which demonstrates that safer drug consumption facilities can improve the health, wellbeing and recovery of people who use the facility and reduce the negative impact that public injecting has on local communities and businesses,” said the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, which advises on community health and social care services.<\/p>\n

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Drug users prepare cocaine before injecting inside of a safe consumption van set up in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 6, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The idea has been discussed for years but can now proceed after Scotland’s senior police official made it clear that users would not be prosecuted for possessing illegal drugs at the facility, which will be part of an existing clinic in Glasgow’s east end.<\/p>\n