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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Pooran

REVEALED: First drug consumption room should not be seen as silver bullet says mp | Vintage Vibes

The Thistle opened earlier this year (Craig Meighan/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK’s first safer drugs consumption room should not be seen as a “silver bullet” to tackle Scotland’s drug deaths, the chairwoman of a Westminster committee has said.

MPs on the Scottish Affairs Committee said funding for The Thistle in Glasgow should not come at the expense of other efforts to reduce drug harm.

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