Glasgow must get the safer drug consumption room right, now it has the go-ahead to open a facility. .
Glasgow must get the safer drug consumption room right, now it has the go-ahead to open a facility, said the councillor in charge of addictions policy.bosses approved the plan on Wednesday.
The city has fought for the right to open a drug consumption room for more than five years, in the face of rising drug overdose deaths and also initially to respond to an HIV outbreak among people who inject drugs.He said: “Glasgow has a huge responsibility to demonstrate this works here. He said if it needs to be expanded after evaluation or more money is needed for other services then conversations will be had with government about funding.
Following the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain, stating she would issue a policy statement that it would not be in the public interest to prosecute people for possession of drugs when using the centre, the Health and Social Care Partnership in the city has brought forward plans to get the centre ready and staff recruited.Susanne Millar, HSCP Chief Officer, said it could be next summer when the doors are open.
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