‘A foundation to build on’: Can Scotland’s first safer injection site tackle the drugs crisis?
This summer, Glasgow will become the first city in the UK to open an authorised safer drug consumption facility. But can it help tackle the drugs crisis?
I am sure that it will help, but it is sticking plaster.
We need more support for those addicted to remediate the effects and get as many as possible off drugs (it will never be 100% in my lifetime). There is a ray of hope - the demographics of drug deaths indicate that there is a bulge of older users and much of that is related to the deprivation imposed on areas such as Glasgow and Dundee years ago. But tackling root causes is essential. #Poverty#Drugs#Scotland
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