>Councillor Alan Casey told STV News: “We feel today has been a success, we’ve supported our first service users and we’re confident that we’re well into double figures in terms of people accessing the safe consumption room.
>“Some of those who visited today have never engaged with services before. It’s obviously a positive sign to see them engage.
>“I believe now word of mouth will get out and they will be speaking to friends and other people that they know who are publicly injecting, and providing them with that information to say, actually, we can trust this service, and we can safely use it.
>“And first and foremost, there have been no incidents today, which is what the service is all about, making sure that people are safe.”
Seems to be a positive start. I think the fact that some of the people who visited today are people who have never accessed services before shows a good outreach.
What’s that as a percentage of the people this is aimed at?
I don’t know if this is is like 90% (well done) or 1% (not so much)
It’s a good idea but unfortunately people under the influence in the same environment could potentially escalate quickly.
Could it (and the surrounding area) become a hub for crime and dealers hanging about in the area.
It’s good to see that it’s had a successful first day but it will be interesting to see how it develops.
I’m hoping it will work alongside rehab and counseling and other forms of support to help addicts rather than just giving them a safe space to shoot up.
It’s certainly an interesting program and it doesn’t come without risk but it’s nice to see people taking risks with new policies rather than just treading water with our outdated existing ones.
Good. Hopefully we’ll see a reduction in the number of drug related deaths now that one of these rooms have been opened
Now I hope the Press can fuck off and let people get on with trying to be safe.
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>Councillor Alan Casey told STV News: “We feel today has been a success, we’ve supported our first service users and we’re confident that we’re well into double figures in terms of people accessing the safe consumption room.
>“Some of those who visited today have never engaged with services before. It’s obviously a positive sign to see them engage.
>“I believe now word of mouth will get out and they will be speaking to friends and other people that they know who are publicly injecting, and providing them with that information to say, actually, we can trust this service, and we can safely use it.
>“And first and foremost, there have been no incidents today, which is what the service is all about, making sure that people are safe.”
Seems to be a positive start. I think the fact that some of the people who visited today are people who have never accessed services before shows a good outreach.
What’s that as a percentage of the people this is aimed at?
I don’t know if this is is like 90% (well done) or 1% (not so much)
It’s a good idea but unfortunately people under the influence in the same environment could potentially escalate quickly.
Could it (and the surrounding area) become a hub for crime and dealers hanging about in the area.
It’s good to see that it’s had a successful first day but it will be interesting to see how it develops.
I’m hoping it will work alongside rehab and counseling and other forms of support to help addicts rather than just giving them a safe space to shoot up.
It’s certainly an interesting program and it doesn’t come without risk but it’s nice to see people taking risks with new policies rather than just treading water with our outdated existing ones.
Good. Hopefully we’ll see a reduction in the number of drug related deaths now that one of these rooms have been opened
Now I hope the Press can fuck off and let people get on with trying to be safe.
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