drugs deaths. On his first visit to Scotland as Labour leader, he dismayed backers of the radical plan to cut overdose fatalities in Glasgow – despite attacking the SNP for presiding over the highest drugs death rate in western Europe.
Starmer said the rooms were only a short-term answer, adding: “As with Scottish Labour, I think consumption rooms should be looked at.
But do I think they’re the long-term solution? No, I don’t.”But Peter Krykant, whose mobile consumption room has saved at least five lives, was incredulous at Starmer’s stance.He said: “If we had established these facilities 20 years ago, Britain wouldn’t be in the mess we find ourselves in today.
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