Overview

• Scotland has approved plans for the UK's first supervised drug consumption room in Glasgow to address its high drug death rate.
• The facility will allow people to inject their own illegal drugs under medical supervision to reduce overdoses and infectious diseases.
• Political debates between UK and Scottish governments caused delays, but Scotland's top prosecutor recently ruled people using it won't face charges.
• Similar facilities in Europe, Canada and Australia have shown success in reducing deaths, public drug use and connecting people to treatment.
• Scotland continues to have the highest drug death rate in Europe, three times higher per capita than anywhere else in the region.