Drug addicts to be given heroin in UK's first state shooting gallery

Drug addicts to be given heroin in UK's first state shooting gallery Drug addicts are to be given medical-grade heroin under plans to open the UK’s first state-approved 'shooting gallery' in Glasgow, which are expected to be given the green light today.

The local health board, city council and police are expected to approve the idea in principle in the hope it will help address the problems caused by an estimated 500 users who currently inject themselves on Glasgow’s streets.

Under the plan for so-called “fix rooms”, addicts will be given medical-grade heroin to inject under supervision of a medical professional with clean needles. The Daily Telegraph