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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

EXPLAINED: Glasgow gets go ahead to open uk s first drug consumption room | Vintage Vibes

Drug user prepareing heroin before injecting
Between 400 and 500 drug users inject in public in Glasgow city centre, says addiction services doctor Saket Priyadarshi. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Cities across Scotland are considering setting up their own safe injecting facilities after authorities in Glasgow gave the official go-ahead to the UK’s first drug consumption room.

“All eyes are on Glasgow,” said Allan Casey, Glasgow city council’s addictions convener, after the plans were approved on Wednesday morning by a joint committee of NHS and council officials.

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