Glasgow Labour MSP Paul Sweeney stressed to Tom Swarbrick that safe drug consumption rooms are meant to be a 'non-judgemental space' for both recreational and problematic drug use.
During this unofficial pilot they "supervised just under 900 injections and we reversed nine overdoses involving eight people," the MSP said.
"So really, the purpose of the overdose prevention facility is peer to peer. You know, trying to be as low threshold as possible. It's nonjudgmental. The MSP explained how the spaces also offer personal connections for drug users who often don't have anyone else to turn to. They will also be offered further support, in terms of recovery treatment.'The war on drugs has failed’: Sir Richard Branson tells LBC there needs to be ‘radical’ drug reform
"A young girl who had been abused in care fled her care home and was sleeping rough in Glasgow. She was injecting heroin and cocaine.
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