Drug rooms to open in Glasgow despite Westminster opposition

Plans for the UK's first facility for the safer consumption of illegal drugs have been approved - despite the opposition of the government in Westminster.

The proposed pilot facility will be based at Hunter Street Health Centre in Glasgow.

The plans were rubber-stamped by the city's integrated joint board of council and health officials on Wednesday, subject to the receipt of Scottish government funding.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/plans-for-uks-first-facility-for-safer-consumption-of-illegal-drugs-approved-in-glasgow-12969803

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