The Thistle is a brand-new medicines usage facility in the eastern end of Glasgow, which intends to minimize drug-related fatalities in the city. It will certainly be open 365 days a year.
In 2023, 1,172 Scots passed away from medication abuse– a quarter of those in Glasgow, which has actually been called Europe’s medicines fatality resources.
Libby Brooks, the Guardian’s Scotland contributor, talks to personnel at the Thistle regarding the solutions they have the ability to supply, and why they think the solution is essential in conserving lives.
She states: “The population that the Thistle is dealing with, they are like the exemplar of hard to reach, right? They are people who have had, throughout their lives, really difficult experiences with conventional health services, with criminal justice, and so the Thistle is trying to connect with them in a very different way.
“They are now seeing folk who perhaps haven’t been to a medical appointment, haven’t seen anyone official for two, three years, and the Thistle is the first time that they’ve actually felt able to make an approach for help, for treatment.”
Libby informs Michael Safi why a political delay in between the Scottish federal government and Westminster suggested it took a years for Glasgow common council to open up the solution, and the steady change in the direction of a damage decrease technique in the UK.
Also, Councillor Allan Casey takes Libby around the area to see public shot websites, and clarifies why they are so harmful for drug addict.
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