Drug Consumption Rooms

Part of NHS Blood Cancer Care – in Westminster Hall at 6:53 pm on 17 January 2018.

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Photo of Crispin Blunt Crispin Blunt Conservative, Reigate 6:53, 17 January 2018

I wholly agree. My hon. Friend, with his medical background, speaks with authority on this matter. Drug consumption rooms plainly, on the basis of evidence around the world, ought to be part of our attempt to treat people who find themselves in the wretched position of being addicted to the most difficult and dangerous drugs. It is simply about the evidence. No one has died globally in a properly overseen drug consumption room, and yet in our country, 1,707 people died as a result of illicit heroin use in 2016. The extraordinarily stark contrast between the figures in Portugal and Scotland alone ought to make all of us think very carefully about the implications of our current policy.