Drugs: Rehabilitation
Commons · Question 982 · Tabled 22 Jul 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing harm reduction centres for drug users.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 30 Jul 2024
No recent assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing ‘harm reduction centres’ for drug users, including any implications for UK drug legislation. Such centres are sometimes referred to as drug consumption rooms or safer consumption fa...