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Opening of UK’s first drugs consumption room delayed

A view of a drugs consumption room, which allows users take heroin under medical supervision, at the NHS Enhanced Drug Treatment Facility at Hunter Street Health Centre in Glasgow. The UK's first safe drug consumption room was approved on Wednesday by the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board (IJB), which is made up of NHS and council officials. A �2.3 million consumption room is now planned for Hunter Street in the east end of the city. Picture date: Thursday September 28, 2023.




The opening date of the UK’s first official facility for the safer consumption of illegal drugs has been delayed.



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