‘Courageous’ drug policy campaigner Peter Krykant found dead aged 48

Peter Krykant set up the UK’s first unofficial overdose prevention facility in Glasgow using a repurposed van - (Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Peter Krykant, the campaigner who risked arrest to blaze a trail for safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland, has died at the age of 48.

The activist became a public figure in 2020 after creating and operating the UK’s first unofficial overdose prevention service in Glasgow using a repurposed van, in a bid to alleviate the drug deaths crisis still claiming lives in Scotland and the wider UK.