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Andrew Quinn

Safe consumption rooms progress has been too slow, says Scottish Labour

Progress towards a roll-out of safer drug consumption rooms across Scotland has been “far too slow”, Scottish Labour has said.

There has been little movement towards the roll-out of safe consumption rooms in the 14 months since the Lord Advocate confirmed there was a legal route to pursuing them.

With over 1,330 drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2021, Scottish Labour has said that this is a public emergency.

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