Scotland’s First Minister has urged the UK Government to look at the evidence for drug consumption rooms and allow a facility to open in Glasgow.
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“It requires, as the Lord Advocate has already highlighted, a change in terms of how you would have a presumption against prosecution.Sarwar added: “To have the highest drug deaths anywhere in Western“I’m sick and tired of politicians wanting to play politics with these people’s lives rather than help save these people’s lives.”
“Our 10-year Drugs Strategy set out ambitious plans, backed with a record £3 billion funding over three years, to tackle the supply of illicit drugs through relentless policing action and building a world-class system of treatment and recovery to turn people’s lives around and prevent crime.”Under the committee’s recommendations, Glasgow would operate a pilot of the facilities that could then be expanded across the UK, funded by the governments north and south of the border.
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