HUMZA Yousaf and Nicola Sturgeon have joined Glasgow politicians urging the Home Secretary to fund a pilot safe consumption room in the city.
The Home Office has repeatedly refused to allow a safe consumption facility to be established in Scotland, as drug law powers are reserved to Westminster.The Home Affairs Committee also said in its report that if the Home Office continued to refuse to sign off on the pilot, drug laws should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.and Social Care alongside the Home Office, so that targeted public health interventions can be used to reduce patterns of illicit drugs use in the long term.
The letter to Home Secretary Suella Braverman , signed by 13 Glasgow politicians, said that tackling problematic drug use required “bold and courageous” thinking. “Moreover, there is no evidence that the availability of safer drug consumption facilities increases drug use or the frequency of injecting,” the letter continued.
Commenting on the letter, Glasgow Kelvin MSP Stewart said: “Far too many lives in Scotland are still being lost to drug misuse, and we need direct, bold and courageous thinking if we want to turn the tide on these statistics.“While the most recent drugs deaths statistics showed a small improvement, much work is still urgently needed.
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