This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Allow safe drug consumption rooms to operate legally within Scotland.
Drug legislation is reserved to the UK government, please consider drug consumption rooms as this is a good way to cut down on needles in the street, the transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV & allows drug users to access help and support to stop. This is all evidenced in other countries.
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In Canada, Canadian SCS attended to around 15,000 overdoses and drug-related medical emergencies between 2017 and 2019 at the centres with no reported fatalities on-site. SCS connect receptive clients to substance use treatment and other health and social services that include medical care, mental health support, and/or housing services. Canadian SCS made around 70,000 referrals to such services between 2017 and 2019.
Scotland can help fix the high level drug problem.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Devolve powers to the Scottish Government relating to drug consumption rooms: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/573104
Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548575
Implement all of the recommendations of the Problem Drug Use in Scotland report: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/550468
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