The UK's first drug consumption clinic has been used more than 130 times since it opened last week. The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow opened on 13 January, letting people take ...

They attach themselves to custom-built receptors into which the drug molecules fit like a key into a lock. Dr David Best from the UK's National Addiction Centre explains: "People experience an hedonic ...

Unlike opium, nitazenes and other synthetic opioids can be produced anywhere in the world using precursor chemicals that are often uncontrolled.

In February 2024, the National Crime Agency said it had conducted the biggest ever seizure of Class A drugs in the United Kingdom, stopping 5.7 tonnes of cocaine at a port in southern England.

The Thistle clinic was used 131 times in its first week The UK's first drug consumption clinic ... There were no medical emergencies resulting from drug use within the facility - known as the ...