UK’s first safe drug consumption room approved to open in Glasgow

The facility will allow people to use drugs in a sterile environment under medical supervision, and access other related services.
A needle and other instruments required to inject heroin at a drugs consumption room - where users take heroin under medical supervision

Plans to open the first safe consumption room for drug users in the UK have been approved by authorities in Glasgow.

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