The £2.3 million facility would allow users to take their own illegal drugs under medical supervision. | ITV National News
This came to a head earlier in September when the country's most senior law officer, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, announced it would not be “in the public interest” to prosecute people using such a facility.
On Wednesday a Glasgow City Integration Joint Board, which includes NHS and council officials, approved the consumption room plans.
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