Article #5561

Libby Brooks reports from the Thistle, a new Glasgow clinic that offers somewhere for people to use drugs in a safer, hygienic environment

The Thistle is a new drugs consumption clinic in the east end of Glasgow, which aims to reduce drug-related deaths in the city. It will be open 365 days a year.

In 2023, 1,172 Scots died from drug misuse – a quarter of those in Glasgow, which has been named Europe’s drugs death capital.