A former drug addict has converted a minivan into a safe consumption room for substance users in a bid to reduce death rates. Peter Krykant has kitted out the vehicle
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A majority of people in Scotland support setting up drug consumption rooms, according to new research. Proposals to introduce Scotland’s first drug consumption room (DCR) in Glasgow, enabling people who
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The number of drug addicts over the age of 35 seeking specialist treatment has risen by 24% in the past 12 years, new figures suggest. NHS Scotland’s report shows the
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Safer consumption rooms should be installed in Glasgow to combat an “unprecedented spike” in drug deaths, a conference highlighting the problem has heard. Held at Glasgow’s SEC on Wednesday, the
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A new scheme to give medical grade heroin twice a day to the worst addicts in a town has been called “the chance of a lifetime” by one of the
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New HIV tests that provide results in minutes have been introduced in Glasgow to help tackle the worst outbreak of the infection in decades. Addiction workers are offering the new
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Psychiatry doctors specialising in addiction could become a thing of the past unless action is taken to stop the decline in training posts, experts have warned. The Royal College of
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A drug consumption room – where users can take heroin under medical supervision – has gone on display in the UK for the first time. The facility would offer a
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Gaming companies risk “setting kids up for addiction” by including gambling tasks in their video games, the director of mental health for the NHS said. The firms should either ban
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The number of prisoners developing a drug problem behind bars has more than doubled in the last five years, research suggests. Almost 15% of prisoners report being drawn to illegal
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