Inside UK's 'drugs consumption room' with individual 'shooting' booths

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Drugs and alcohol policy minister Elena Whitham said the decline shows policies like expanding residential rehabilitation were making 'significant progress'.
50% : But don't just drop it in to say 'this is happening in your area' and I don't think Glasgow are planning that.'Simon Rayner, the service lead for Aberdeen Alcohol and Drug Partnership, said the creation of such facilities would require winning 'the hearts and minds' of communities, and ensuring they were properly staffed to avoid 'incidents and spill-out behaviours'.
50% : Tory MSP Sue Webber said: 'Drug deaths are Scotland's national shame on the SNP's watch and ministers are still failing to act with enough urgency.'A Scottish Government spokesman said: 'We are taking action to save and improve lives with an evidence-based approach, implementing policies we know work to reduce harm and deaths from drugs and focusing on getting people into support and treatment.'Westminster's Home Affairs Committee recommended pilots of safe consumption facilities in areas across the UK where local government and others deem there is a need, in a report published last month.
32% : He said: 'The number one issue for people using these facilities is they would be bringing illegal drugs into the facility, so they'd be concerned about the risk of prosecution.

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