The pilot is being backed by the Scottish government, with Holyrood pledging up to £2.3m a year for the facility to help tackle the country's drug-related deaths crisis. Data from National ...

Scotland has the highest number of drug deaths per head in Europe, and SNP ministers have backed a more liberal approach that would see drug taking treated as a public health issue, rather than a ...

The UK’s first drug consumption room will open in Scotland tomorrow, allowing users to take class A drugs without prosecution. The Thistle in the eastern Calton district has been modelled on 100 ...

The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was ...

Scotland’s First Minister has said the UK’s first drug consumption room represents a “crucial step” in reducing drug-related deaths. John Swinney and Health Secretary Neil Gray will visit ...

John Swinney visited The Thistle drug consumption room in Glasgow, set to open on Monday as the UK's first facility allowing drug use without arrest, aiming to provide support and reduce virus risks.

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved the conduct of the 2023 and 2024 promotion exercises for eligible civil/public servants in the state. A total of 26,764 civil/public servants ...

Lynn Macdonald shows me around Glasgow’s new drug consumption room. She’s an NHS nurse who will supervise people as they inject their own drugs here, free from the fear of arrest. “ ...

The opening of the UK’s first safer drugs consumption room will be a “significant step forward” in efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug problem, John Swinney has said. The First Minister was speaking as ...