Glasgow's Heroin Injection Site Fails to Deter Open-Air Drug Use
Glasgow's £2.3 million safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, has failed to deter drug addicts from injecting in a nearby supermarket car park, just yards away, despite claims it would reduce discarded needles and overdoses.
Glasgow's Heroin Injection Site Fails to Deter Open-Air Drug Use
Glasgow's £2.3 million safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, has failed to deter drug addicts from injecting in a nearby supermarket car park, just yards away, despite claims it would reduce discarded needles and overdoses.
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68% Bias Score
Paris Drug-Checking Service Sees 4400 Users in 2024, Highlighting Purity Concerns
Paris's Analyse Ton Prod' (ATP) drug-checking service saw a dramatic increase in users from 2126 in 2022 to 4400 in 2024, utilizing HPLC to analyze samples and identify highly concentrated drugs like 92% pure ketamine, highlighting a critical need for harm reduction measures.
Paris Drug-Checking Service Sees 4400 Users in 2024, Highlighting Purity Concerns
Paris's Analyse Ton Prod' (ATP) drug-checking service saw a dramatic increase in users from 2126 in 2022 to 4400 in 2024, utilizing HPLC to analyze samples and identify highly concentrated drugs like 92% pure ketamine, highlighting a critical need for harm reduction measures.
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40% Bias Score
Glasgow Drug Clinic Sees 131 Uses in First Week
Glasgow's new drug consumption facility, opened on January 13th, saw 131 uses in its first week, with no medical emergencies, offering users a safe place to consume drugs along with wound care, clean equipment, and naloxone; staff reported some users engaged with housing and drug treatment support.
Glasgow Drug Clinic Sees 131 Uses in First Week
Glasgow's new drug consumption facility, opened on January 13th, saw 131 uses in its first week, with no medical emergencies, offering users a safe place to consume drugs along with wound care, clean equipment, and naloxone; staff reported some users engaged with housing and drug treatment support.
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36% Bias Score
Glasgow Opens First Safer Drug Consumption Room to Combat Drug Deaths
Glasgow's first safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, opened on Monday, offering supervised drug use and support services to combat Scotland's drug-related deaths crisis, which saw 1,172 deaths in 2023, a 12% increase from the previous year.
Glasgow Opens First Safer Drug Consumption Room to Combat Drug Deaths
Glasgow's first safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, opened on Monday, offering supervised drug use and support services to combat Scotland's drug-related deaths crisis, which saw 1,172 deaths in 2023, a 12% increase from the previous year.
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44% Bias Score
Washington State's Drug Policy Leads to 114% Rise in Child Overdose Deaths
A 2021 Washington state law preventing child removal from homes with drug-addicted parents unless imminent danger exists has led to a 114% increase in child overdose deaths or near-deaths in four years, reaching 70 in 2023, prompting criticism and calls for policy changes.
Washington State's Drug Policy Leads to 114% Rise in Child Overdose Deaths
A 2021 Washington state law preventing child removal from homes with drug-addicted parents unless imminent danger exists has led to a 114% increase in child overdose deaths or near-deaths in four years, reaching 70 in 2023, prompting criticism and calls for policy changes.
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80% Bias Score
NSW Labor MPs Push for Immediate Drug Policy Reforms
Four NSW Labor MPs, including a parliamentary secretary, are publicly pushing for immediate drug policy reforms, including pill testing, before a summit report next year, despite the Premier's skepticism, with non-profits offering to implement pilots this summer.
NSW Labor MPs Push for Immediate Drug Policy Reforms
Four NSW Labor MPs, including a parliamentary secretary, are publicly pushing for immediate drug policy reforms, including pill testing, before a summit report next year, despite the Premier's skepticism, with non-profits offering to implement pilots this summer.
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40% Bias Score
Europe's Shifting Drug Landscape: From Heroin Dominance to Multi-Substance Use
A shift in European drug trends sees heroin no longer the primary drug problem, though it remains a significant cause of overdose deaths; however, the rise of multiple substance use, increased trafficking, and related violence necessitates a reassessment of drug policies and treatments.
Europe's Shifting Drug Landscape: From Heroin Dominance to Multi-Substance Use
A shift in European drug trends sees heroin no longer the primary drug problem, though it remains a significant cause of overdose deaths; however, the rise of multiple substance use, increased trafficking, and related violence necessitates a reassessment of drug policies and treatments.
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36% Bias Score
Europe's Evolving Drug Crisis: Beyond Heroin
The head of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) says that Europe's drug problem is no longer primarily heroin, but a rise in poly-substance abuse, including synthetic drugs, alongside increasing drug trafficking and violence.
Europe's Evolving Drug Crisis: Beyond Heroin
The head of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) says that Europe's drug problem is no longer primarily heroin, but a rise in poly-substance abuse, including synthetic drugs, alongside increasing drug trafficking and violence.
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40% Bias Score
Glasgow Opens UK's First Safer Drug Consumption Room
Glasgow opened the UK's first safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, on Monday, aiming to reduce Scotland's 1,172 drug-related deaths in 2023. Funded with up to £2.3 million annually, it offers supervised drug use, support services, and a legal framework that does not prosecute users within t...
Glasgow Opens UK's First Safer Drug Consumption Room
Glasgow opened the UK's first safer drug consumption facility, The Thistle, on Monday, aiming to reduce Scotland's 1,172 drug-related deaths in 2023. Funded with up to £2.3 million annually, it offers supervised drug use, support services, and a legal framework that does not prosecute users within t...
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36% Bias Score
Glasgow Opens Controversial Safer Drug Consumption Facility
Glasgow, Scotland, opens a £2.3 million "safer drug consumption facility" called The Thistle on Monday, allowing supervised injection of heroin and cocaine to reduce overdose deaths, despite concerns it may exacerbate addiction and waste resources; a three-year pilot project funded by the Scottish G...
Glasgow Opens Controversial Safer Drug Consumption Facility
Glasgow, Scotland, opens a £2.3 million "safer drug consumption facility" called The Thistle on Monday, allowing supervised injection of heroin and cocaine to reduce overdose deaths, despite concerns it may exacerbate addiction and waste resources; a three-year pilot project funded by the Scottish G...
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60% Bias Score
Crack Cocaine Crisis in Germany: 610 Deaths in 2023
Crack cocaine use is dramatically increasing in Germany, causing 610 deaths in 2023, nearing heroin's death toll (712), due to increased cocaine production and distribution, and the lack of effective treatment.
Crack Cocaine Crisis in Germany: 610 Deaths in 2023
Crack cocaine use is dramatically increasing in Germany, causing 610 deaths in 2023, nearing heroin's death toll (712), due to increased cocaine production and distribution, and the lack of effective treatment.
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48% Bias Score
Opioid Settlement Funds Misallocated: Lack of Lived Experience Input Criticized
A new analysis finds that people with substance use disorder largely lack a formal say in how approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used, with some funds going to efforts such as jail contraband scanners and drug-sniffing dogs, rather than proven recovery programs.
Opioid Settlement Funds Misallocated: Lack of Lived Experience Input Criticized
A new analysis finds that people with substance use disorder largely lack a formal say in how approximately $50 billion in opioid lawsuit settlement money is being used, with some funds going to efforts such as jail contraband scanners and drug-sniffing dogs, rather than proven recovery programs.
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48% Bias Score