The orginal article was published in the National Newspaper THE Lord Advocate for Scotland has declined to issue legal guidelines on whether the pilot drug consumption initiative in Glasgow is legally possible under Scottish law. Instead he states that it rests on the health department to decide whether they are in the public interest. The […]
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Drug Consumption Rooms Hit a Hurdle: Health or Justice?
The Lord Advocate for Scotland has refused to issue legal guidelines on the proposed pilot of drug consumption rooms in Glasgow. Despite 2 years of research, business planning and consensus building by the local health board and authorities, the rooms cannot go ahead until Police Scotland agree to the proposals. The Lord Advocate could have […]
