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Scotland’s drug death crisis is not going away.<\/p>\n
The number of fatal overdoses steadily rose throughout the 2010s until a record high of 1,339 in 2020.<\/p>\n
Since then, the numbers have stabilised but remained stubbornly high.<\/p>\n
While England and Wales saw record overdose deaths in 2023, the death rate in Scotland for the same year was more than double.<\/p>\n
In 2021, the Scottish government declared its “national mission” to tackle drug deaths, with \u00a3250m funding over five years.<\/p>\n
This led to a widespread rollout of the overdose prevention drug naloxone, a focus on improving addiction treatment standards and pledges to increase places in residential rehabilitation facilities.<\/p>\n
Scottish Health Secretary Neil Gray has welcomed the centre’s opening.<\/p>\n
He said: “It’s absolutely rooted in the centre of the national mission about reducing harm.<\/p>\n
“It is about making sure people are able to, in a stigma free way, access services and support. Because it’s not just about the safer consumption element.<\/p>\n
“It’s also about the wraparound and holistic interventions that are available as part of that.”<\/p>\n
The UK government said it had “no plans to introduce consumption rooms”.<\/p>\n
It added: “We will also continue to take preventative public health measures to tackle the biggest killers in our society, including drug misuse, and better support people to live longer, healthier lives.”<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said the UK government “will not interfere with the independence of the Lord Advocate with respect to the pilot drug consumption room in Glasgow”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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