The UK’s first safer drugs consumption room opens its doors in Glasgow on Monday. The Thistle Centre will provide a space where drug users can take illegal substances such as heroin and cocaine under medical supervision in a clean and hygienic environment.

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Drug users will be able to inject heroin and take cocaine in the first ever facility of its kind in the UK, after figures showed Scotland continues to have the worst rate of drug deaths in Europe

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Local is an environment supervised by health and social care professionals and seeks to reduce high rates of overdose deaths in Glasgow, Scotland The United Kingdom opens this Monday the first official drug consumption center in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland. The substances remain illegal in the country, and users may only use them within the establishment as a harm reduction strategy. The opening was scheduled for early last year but wa…

Local é um ambiente supervisionado por profissionais de saúde e de assistência social e busca reduzir altos índices de mortes por overdose em Glasgow, na Escócia O Reino Unido abre nesta segunda-feira o primeiro centro oficial para consumo de drogas em Glasgow, maior cidade da Escócia. As substâncias permanecem ilegais no país, os usuários poderão apenas utilizá-las dentro do estabelecimento como uma estratégia de redução de danos. A abertura es…

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Centre for Social Justice says plan will not work as similar projects did not deliver the promised results in tackling addiction

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The facility will allow users to take illegal substances under medical supervision.

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UK’s first safer drugs consumption room opening in Glasgow

It is hoped The Thistle - based in Glasgow's east end - will help addicts access wider support to improve their lives, as well as reduce the risk of blood-borne viruses such as HIV.

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"Getting addiction off the streets and alleyways – and one step closer to treatment – is a win for all of society."

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The Thistle Centre will provide a space where drug users can take illegal substances such as heroin and cocaine under medical supervision in a clean…

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It has taken more than 10 years of wrangling, but the UK's first legal drug-consumption facility has finally opened in Glasgow.

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Drug consumption facilities: They've been around since 1986 and now Scotland has one. But do they work?

The £2.3m facility, known as the Thistle, will allow users to inject illegal substances without fear of prosecution.

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