{"id":99387,"date":"2023-09-28T03:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T03:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=99387"},"modified":"2023-09-28T03:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T03:25:43","slug":"glasgow-shooting-gallery-where-addicts-can-inject-gets-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/glasgow-shooting-gallery-where-addicts-can-inject-gets-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow &apos;shooting gallery&apos; where addicts can inject gets approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Drug &#8216;shooting gallery&#8217; where addicts can inject drugs free from threat of prosecution gets go ahead for Glasgow<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Councillors in Scotland\u2019s biggest city gave the green light for facility which will be staffed by medical workers\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Users can bring their own heroin or cocaine to inject \u2013 but critics warn it will simply \u2018boost\u2019 to nation\u2019s drugs problem<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first heroin \u2018shooting gallery\u2019 in the UK is to be launched in Scotland\u2019s biggest city \u2013 at a cost of more than \u00a32million a year.<\/p>\n<p>Addicts in Glasgow will be able to inject heroin and cocaine in a hygienic environment with medical staff on hand, without the threat of prosecution for possession of Class A drugs.<\/p>\n<p>First proposed in 2016 after an HIV outbreak in the city, the development of so-called safe consumption rooms has been embroiled in political wrangling between the Scottish and UK Governments.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Scotland\u2019s most senior law officer, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, KC, announced it would not be \u2018in the public interest\u2019 to prosecute people using such a facility \u2013 and the Home Office said it does not plan to interfere in the pilot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75905191-12567889-image-m-5_1695839459033.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Drug user prepares heroin before injecting<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/00\/75905209-12567889-Scotland_s_first_addictions_service_in_Glasgow_showing_the_booth-a-3_1695855876442.jpg\" height=\"408\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Inside the facility in Glasgow where addicts inject prescribed heroin<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/00\/75905207-12567889-Scotland_s_first_addictions_service_treating_patients_with_pharm-a-4_1695855876444.jpg\" height=\"439\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Scotland&#8217;s first addictions service treating patients with pharmaceutical grade heroin in Glasgow, the tray which is presented to the addict with the prescribed dose of heroin\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>COPS TEXT &#8216;DRUG &#8211; LINE\u2019 MOBILES\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Police have texted thousands of people who may have been in contact with an alleged drug gang through so-called \u2018drug-lines\u2019 \u2013 offering them help to kick the habit.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after six people appeared in court on September 7 accused of selling drugs from Glasgow addresses.<\/p>\n<p>Saad Qayyum, 34, Ryan Carvill, 29, Ajaydeep Singh, 28, Jason Ahmed, 36, Muhammad Hanif, 53, and Kelly Lyon, 41, made no plea when they appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court. They are due in court again at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Officers from Greater Glasgow\u2019s Serious Organised Crime Unit said they seized mobile devices which contained thousands of phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Police sent messages to the numbers, signposting agencies which offer support for drugs misuse. Detective Inspector Tom Carey said: \u2018Police Scotland takes a public health-led approach to the harm of drugs and we want to make people aware support is available.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Government-funded project was approved in a virtual meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>It will open in Hunter Street in the East End of the city, in the same building as an NHS drug treatment facility where the worst addicts are injected with pharmaceutical-grade heroin.<\/p>\n<p>But last night Dr Neil McKeganey, director of the Centre for Substance Use Research in Glasgow, said the scheme \u2018betrays the failure to address a drug problem in Scotland that has been decades in the making\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018What Scotland should be doing is ensuring that all addicts have access to recovery services that can assist their journey away from drugs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The idea that we will tackle the problem of illegal drugs in Scotland by providing centres where these drugs can be used without fear of arrest is simply to provide one more boost to our nation\u2019s drugs problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Providing centres across Scotland where people can inject drugs they have purchased illegally on the streets is no different to providing state-sponsored support to the trade in illegal drugs.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There were 1,051 deaths from drugs misuse in Scotland in 2022, down 279 on the previous year \u2013 but the country remains Europe\u2019s drug deaths capital.<\/p>\n<p>Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, which involves NHS and council officials, approved the shooting gallery plan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As she moved approval of the pilot, board chairman Rona Sweeney told the meeting: \u2018I\u2019m sure we all wish our city didn\u2019t need this facility, but the reality is that we do.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/00\/75905179-12567889-Lord_Advocate_Dorothy_Bain_QC-a-5_1695855876444.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report states: \u2018There is overwhelming international evidence which demonstrates that safer drug consumption facilities can improve the health, wellbeing and recovery of people who use the facility and reduce the negative impact that public injecting has on local communities and businesses.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>SNP councillor Allan Casey told the meeting: \u2018This is the first consumption room in the UK and all eyes are going to be on Glasgow and we need to make sure we get it right.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Scottish Tory health spokesman Dr Sandesh Gulhane said his party \u2018are happy for a variety of potential solutions to be looked at \u2013 including this pilot scheme \u2013 but we still have serious reservations about how effective drug consumption rooms will be in reality\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary Suella Braverman told ITV: \u2018My view is it\u2019s the wrong policy and I don\u2019t support the policy of drug consumption rooms. 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