Addicts slumped in doorways, discarded needles and more dealers, life beside SNP’s drugs consumption room

When it collapses at a gate surrounded by drugs, an dependent, dependent on a drug -related haze collapsed.

Yards away, drug ‘residues’ – are grassy areas filled with hypodermic needles and heroin pipes.

In the corner and unfortunately, with more than an irony hint, SNP sits at the center of 2.3 million £ damage to the £ 2.3 million to stop it.

When he visited a large fanfare in January, John Swinney declared the first more secure drug consumption room of England in the fight against Scotland’s terrible damage and death records caused by drugs.

Nevertheless, inhabitants and businesses speak ‘from a living hell’, and now they threaten to leave the area because they are greeted with the daily scenes of drug addicts who inject them on the street, throwing needles spread around their neighborhoods and drug trade.

The facility is officially called ‘safer drug consumption room’. Those who support the operation less, says that there is nothing else from the ‘shooting gallery’.

This allows addicts to inject their own medication under medical supervision to reduce the excessive dose deaths and cut the needles thrown in public places.

The support of the SNP government for the initiative to support 2 million pounds with public cash money each year.

Specially designed needle boxes were installed, but the problem of dirty syringes continues

First Minister John Swinney and Glasgow City Council leader Susan belonged to the Thistle Center Safer in January visited the drug consumption facility

However, its opening has been far from a positive development for many people living and working in the region.

Many believe that the proliferation of dirty needles thrown in their neighborhoods and drug trade as well as the problem of addicts who openly drugs on the streets.

Mail on Sunday this week visited the region to talk to residents and businesses and see themselves first -hand.

It didn’t take long to understand why they were angry.

On a grass patch facing a series of houses, there was a pile of garbage, the first symptom of drug use.

For needles distributed by health professionals, wrappers lie next to the ‘foil’ given by the state provided to help the addicts safely.

Elsewhere, we find dirty needles used and thrown in places where everyone can be injured, including children.

Even in areas where specially designed needle boxes are installed, there are still used syringes.

The problem of dirty needles thrown by drug addicts made the natives angry

We also encountered stool -covered clothes in areas full of dirty needles.

After a dependent finished firing, he chose to paste the dirty syringes on the grass where they were sitting – a health threat for others to cope.

It should not be surprising that the local people are angry in the situation.

Settled Vanessa Paton, ‘I am sympathetic to these people, but they are not interested or not responsible, and this room only facilitates their dependencies. They say that this project is in infancy, but like Beirut, like living in a war zone.

“ `Living dead, like the day and this is normal and the project is said to work. You encourage and activate people, you don’t help anyone get drugs. ‘

Martin Keown is the director of Calton Mot Center, which is just four minutes of walking from the continent.

He said: ‘Since this building was opened, our parking area has been invaded by addicts and needles. It also becomes a dumping area for all drug kits containing needles, alcohol swabs and foil spoon.

‘Although I have spent £ 18,000 to build a new fence and a solid steel door, users are still jumping over the fence to hit in my garden. They leave used needles and sometimes even full -loaded needles. ‘

Martin Keown, Director of Calton Mot Center, tried to try a new fence and solid steel gateto and try to fire drug addicts in the parking lot

“A few months ago, we found two full -loaded needles supported by fence poles such as pencils, as if the addicts were set to use them, but then their attention was distracted.

‘My children found and said: “Daddy found something bad in the garden that looked like blood.” Nine and six. ‘

The images taken in the parking lot are less than 200 meters financed by the taxpayer designed for this purpose, although they are preparing to inject itself clearly, a cruel dependent against a car.

Some of the addicts who come into this behavior, challenging and speaking, the locals, still in the open drugs, he says there are many reasons.

Some say they will not go to the center while the authorities do not trust, and others say they should correct them immediately after they buy drugs without having to walk to Hunter Street on which they are based.

68 -year -old Linda Watson is a community activist grown in the region.

He said: ‘Many users do not use real facilities. They come here because they know there’s a supply here. We are only used as guinea pigs, we are part of a big experiment, and there is no one to support us. Drug garbage was evil, some stroke points resulted in total equipment and syringes. ‘

Signs were placed in the areas where addicts regularly injected into the safer drug consumption room.

‘I love what I live, we’re all brought here, but people don’t feel safe anymore. People inject themselves to the public, not even trying to hide. ‘

Authority added: ‘A few weeks ago, there was someone sitting in the playground on the way to school, his trousers were clearly shot.’

The effect is to make it difficult for some businesses to operate.

55 -year -old Janet Rogers started to work in Bobbi D Hall in Gallowgate in 1989 and finally continued until he took over.

He said: ‘Many old people come to me because my job has been going for a long time. But many of them don’t want to get out now because they’re scared. They are scared by dealers and users – they are just hanging out and hiding.

“ They close next to the shop. I saw a lot of fire, they leave needles and tin foils lying outside the shop, scary. ‘

Ms. Rogers is afraid that she will have to close as a result of her problems.

‘This shop has been my whole life, and I just feel completely burned with all of them, just the soul is destroying.’

Janet Rogers said he felt that he had to sell his hall because of the problem

The idea behind the devil is that the number of people suffering from overdose and the number of fired needles can be reduced by allowing addicts to inject their own drugs under medical surveillance.

However, in the light of our investigation, the Scottish conservatives called on the SNP administration to end the ‘reckless experiment’.

MSP Annie Wells, who serves as the drug spokesman of the party, said, ‘The flagship of the SNP, the drug -consumption room, makes life into misery for local residents and businesses.

“ They fixed all their hopes to the purchase of state -backed drugs, but their solutions fail. The locals are left to clean the SNP’s chaos.

If nationalists continue on this path, there is no choice but to sell and move away.

‘SNP ministers should call time in this reckless experiment and finally change the right to change the rescue invoice that will hide the right to treatment in law.’

The continental, which has previously seen more than 250 addicts, uses its facilities to inject more than 3,000 more than 3,000, and is operated by Glasgow City Health and Social Care partnership.

Assembly Member Allan Casey, addiction city collector, ‘We understand the ongoing concerns of the residents. We have a specially established and working community forum to participate in the residents and businesses to participate directly from them and take the necessary precautions.

However, the new problems in this community to propose crime and drug use are a clear denial of decades of years of difficulties faced by this community.

“The continent is not the reason for these problems – part of the solution. In fact, the continent has undoubtedly saved the lives to be lost otherwise thanks to the intervention of the staff. ‘

The Scottish government said that people recognize their concerns and that their partners ‘social assistance affairs, addressing them through ongoing needle -increase operations and plans to expand the public needle -eliminated boxes’.

In addition, a ‘comprehensive independent assessment’ will examine the effect of the service and the research and evaluation obtained from similar facilities in the world, these facilities ‘public drug consumption levels can reduce the levels of drug consumption and the drug -related garbage’ shows that shows showing.