UK home secretary urged to introduce drug rooms to save lives
(World News UK)

MPs and police and crime commissioners have urged the home secretary to allow for the introduction of drug consumption rooms `to reduce crime and save lives´´. It comes after the number of drug-related deaths in Scotland rose by 27% over the past year to reach a record high of 1,187, putting the death rate on a par with the US. Also known as overdose prevention centres, there are DCRs in 16 countries - including Switzerland, Denmark and Canada. They are supervised medical facilities where no one has ever died from an overdose due to life-saving interventions and the availability of sterile equipment...