Drug consumption room ‘significant step forward’ in tackling deaths – Swinney

First Minister John Swinney, centre, and Health Secretary Neil Gray, left, with Dr Saket Priyadarshi at the centre (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

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 he toured the Thistle Centre in Glasgow’s east end, which is due to open on Monday.