Allow safe drug consumption rooms to operate legally within Scotland.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Drug legislation is reserved to the UK government, please consider drug consumption rooms as this is a good way to cut down on needles in the street, the transmission of infectious diseases such as HIV & allows drug users to access help and support to stop. This is all evidenced in other countries.

In Canada, Canadian SCS attended to around 15,000 overdoses and drug-related medical emergencies between 2017 and 2019 at the centres with no reported fatalities on-site. SCS connect receptive clients to substance use treatment and other health and social services that include medical care, mental health support, and/or housing services. Canadian SCS made around 70,000 referrals to such services between 2017 and 2019.
Scotland can help fix the high level drug problem.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Devolve powers to the Scottish Government relating to drug consumption rooms: Devolve powers to the Scottish Government relating to drug consumption rooms.

Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths in the UK: Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths in the UK

Implement all of the recommendations of the Problem Drug Use in Scotland report: Implement all of the recommendations of the Problem Drug Use in Scotland report

Timeline

19 Feb 2021	Petition opened for signatures
12 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Mar 2021

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