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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

‘Not in public interest’ to prosecute for possession in drugs consumption room

Scotland’s Lord Advocate has made clear it would “not be in the public interest” to prosecute people in a safe drugs consumption room with possession of illegal substances.

Dorothy Bain KC, who is Scotland’s most senior prosecutor, stressed she had not been asked to “sign off or approve” such a facility.

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