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Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility

Inquiry

This inquiry is examining the legal and policy challenges faced in setting up and running the pilot Safer Drugs Consumption Facility (SDCF) which opened in Glasgow in January 2025. This inquiry will examine the case for the facility, as well as its medical effectiveness in reducing drug-related harm in Scotland. The Committee will consider the current legal position of the SDCF, what challenges this presents, and what statutory and policy changes at a UK level might be necessary to enable the facility to operate sustainably beyond its three-year pilot.

This inquiry follows up on relevant aspects of the Scottish Affairs Committee’s previous work on this issue in the 2017-19 Parliament.

Read the terms of reference for more detail about the inquiry.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Monday 3 February 2025.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Correspondence

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Letter from Annemarie Ward, CEO of Faces & Voices of Recovery UK, regarding oral evidence presented to the Committee as part of its inquiry into Problem drug use in Scotland follow-up: Glasgow’s Safer Drug Consumption Facility, dated 6 March 2025
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Correspondence to the Chair from Fiona McIntyre, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland, regarding Problem Drug Use in Scotland Follow-up: Glasgow's Safer Drug Consumption Facility, dated 30 January 202
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Oral evidence transcripts

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4 June 2025
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7 May 2025
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5 March 2025
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Witnesses Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow City Council, and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
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Written evidence

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Dorothy Bain KC, The Lord Advocate (The Lord Advocate) (SDC0013)
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