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Recommendation 5
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Establishing multiple safer drug consumption facilities requires a clear, common UK legal framework.
Recommendation
There has been interest in establishing SCDFs in other parts of Scotland, and the Lord Advocate has indicated that she will consider any such applications on their merits. Rather than having multiple facilities with individual 48 prosecution policy arrangements, it would be more appropriate for them to operate on a clear, legal basis, common to all. This would require legislative action from the UK Government and UK Parliament. (Conclusion, Paragraph 68) A gold standard service
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 20 November 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗