‘The Thistle’ the new safe drug room in Scotland

BlueBelle

I don’t want to see drugs legalised I want to see them driven out I read of two many precious young lives taken because of drugs …my friends son did just that aged 21 everything to live for had had a charmed life with two well off parents but drugs changed him he wasn’t taken them in the street but in good clean places he not only lost his own life but devastated his families
I want to see more money put into prevention , catching the criminals the dealers and helping people get off them
I think this is a total waste of money, time and resources

I agree.

Apart from offering addicts a safe environment it's key to engaging with them and possibly foster first steps towards rehabilitation. Glasgow has the worst drug addiction levels in Europe. I don't know if this will prove to be a positive development long term, but the crisis has been ignored for years. The "experts" support it as it works in other countries. What may be against it is the location, apparently not that easily accessible.
Interesting article for those that want information rather than hearsay.
www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/11760/Glasgow-opens-UK-s-first-safer-drug-consumption-facility#:~:text=The%20UK's%20first%20safer%20drug,365%20days%20of%20the%20year.

And another one
glasgowcity.hscp.scot/sdcf-frequently-asked-questions

A positive first week at The Thistle
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy08y71n71no

I appreciate the ‘success’ of this unit but that doesn’t change my belief that this isn’t going to make a big contribution to preventing drug addictions or reducing them

canada have safe injection sites and std tests for about 20yrs aleast

dotpocka

canada have safe injection sites and std tests for about 20yrs aleast

I think many in Canada have closed and/or are closing, possibly not for good reasons.