‘Positive feedback’ from first users of safer drugs consumption room – minister
Neil Gray said the success of the Thistle Centre would be measured if there are fewer drug deaths and ‘harm reduction’.
The UK's first legal drug consumption room
The UK's first legal drug consumption room opens in Glasgow today, following a decade-long legal battle between the city's council and Westminster.
UK's first drug consumption room officially opens in Glasgow
It is hoped The Thistle - based in Glasgow's east end - will help addicts access wider support to improve their lives, as well as reduce the risk of blood-borne viruses such as HIV.
It is morally wrong not to open safer drug consumption room, says councillor
It would be morally wrong not to open the UK’s first safer drug-consumption room in Glasgow, a councillor has said. Allan Casey, who convenes Glasgow City Council’s addiction services, welcomed the official opening of the facility on Monday.
Keir Starmer faces calls to pilot legal drug consumption rooms as first to open in UK
The Thistle drug consumption room - the first of its kind in the UK - will open in Glasgow on Monday in a bid to drive down Scotland's drug deaths rate
UK’s first safe drug consumption room opens doors in Glasgow
The Thistle, has officially opened its doors to illegal drug users in the East End of Glasgow. The centre received a £7million investment from the Scottish Government over three years after Scotland once again topped the table of drug deaths in Western Europe.
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