Can taking hard drugs in an NHS room save lives?
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4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
But Scotland has the worst rate of drug deaths in Europe and with this facility finally ready after 10 years in the making, some are questioning if it will reduce drug deaths.
Niall Paterson speaks to our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies, who has been to look inside the service and shares more about how it will work.
Plus, Professor Catriona Matheson who specialises in substance use at the University of Stirling and is a former lead of Scotland's drug deaths task force, joins Niall to discuss the costs and potential benefits.
Producer: Soila Apparicio
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:03.9 | Yeah, so basically people will come in, they'll check in at the door. |
| 1:10.7 | Reception staff will see them and they'll go to speak to a nurse and talk about what they're coming to use on the day. |
| 1:15.3 | There's a choice of various size of needles and syringes based on people's preference and what site they're using. |
| 1:17.2 | So we'll talk about that with them and they'll be giving this equipment. |
| 1:20.8 | Coming up on the daily with me Neil Patterson, |
| 1:22.9 | inside the UK's first drug consumption room, |
| 1:26.4 | could taking drugs in an NHS facility reduce Scotland's narcotics death rate, currently the worst in Europe? |
| 1:33.2 | Find out next. |
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