Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths in the UK
Closed
410 signatures
What the petition asks
Legalise and fund Drug Consumption Rooms (a.k.a. Overdose Prevention Centres) to provide drug testing, clean needles, naloxone, supervision, and advice to injecting users. Such harm reducing measures are crucial to reducing the UK’s shocking drug-induced mortality rate, which may rise in a recession
The zero tolerance approach to drugs has caused a health crisis, with Scotland individually suffering Europe’s highest drug-related death rate. DCRs prevent disease transmission, reduce needles on streets and there has not been a death in one worldwide. Evidence does not suggest they encourage drug use as is often feared. Yet despite an ACMD recommendation, Government refuses to even consider them. Such neglect damages thousands of lives and communities. The Government must act on the evidence
Timeline
| 6 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
410
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
6 Oct 2020
Closed
6 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.