The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.
Welcome to the Thistle - the UK's first and only drug consumption room.On Monday it will welcome its first clients who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision.
Some local residents are against the plan, saying they think it will bring more dealing to the area, and an addictions charity claimed it would "encourage people to harm themselves."It will be open between 09:00 and 21:00 and will operate 365 days a year. "Some services similar in size to this in other countries are seeing up to 200 people a day but it's really difficult to predict," she said.
"We are not saying that is going to, in any way, affect the national drug-related death picture, or even the wider city," he said."Having said that, by setting an example, I do hope that other parts of Scotland will consider whether it is relevant for them."First trialled in Switzerland in 1986, such facilities have since spread to other European countries including Denmark, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain, as well as facilities in Canada and New York City.
However, it was revived when Scotland's Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC stated that it would "not be in the public interest" to bring proceedings in such cases in 2023.Health officials were required to consult the local community in the nearby Calton neighbourhood before final sign-off by the Lord Advocate.
"It is not in any way innovative or progressive to watch someone harm themselves so drastically and so catastrophically." "That is a process by which the procurator fiscal can refer a case to a local authority, or other identified agency, as a means of addressing underlying causes of offending.She said she was satisfied that the Glasgow facility could provide a way for support services to engage with some of the most vulnerable people in society.
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