Scotland will be home to the UK’s first so-called ‘consumption rooms’ where drug users will be able to get their fix more safely.
Recent stats showed that despite a fall this year, Scotland still has the highest number of drugs-related deaths per million population in Europe.
Now, plans have been approved for a £2.3 million facility at Hunter Street Health Centre in Glasgow – despite opposition from Westminster.
On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson is joined by our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies who talks about the unit itself and reaction to it. Plus, Niall speaks to Andrew Cowan, whose son Daniel died after taking a fatal drug concoction, and Annemarie Ward, from the charity Faces and Voices of Recovery UK.
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