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SIX years after Glasgow proposed safe drug consumption rooms, a parliamentary committee has backed a pilot in the city.
The home affairs committee called today for drug law to be reformed to allow for testing of drugs at festivals and clubs, and the creation of safe spaces where they can be taken under medical supervision.
Calls for safe consumption rooms have been growing in Scotland as it gained the title of drugs death capital of Europe.
Despite a pledge from the Lord Advocate to re-examine allowing police not to enforce drug law in such settings, the discussion became mired in constitutional politics as drug law remains reserved.
Former Labour MSP Neil Findlay said: “This is very welcome news that the committee has supported the rollout of safe consumption rooms.
“The Scottish government, the Lord Advocate and the police should now get on with making this happen.
“There is no need to wait on UK government approval.”
A Home Office spokesperson said: “There is no safe way to take illegal drugs, which devastate lives, ruin families and damage communities, and we have no plans to consider this.”
