Safe drug tests plan for 3 cities

Bid to reduce toll of overdoses

APPLICATIONS have been announced for drug testing facilities in three cities by the Scottish Government.

Drugs and alcohol minister Elena Whitham said the plans for Aberdeen, Glasgow and Dundee were awaiting "final communications from the Home Office.

As MSPs debated drug law reform yesterday, Whitham said: "The war on drugs is over, no one won.

It comes as the proposed pilot of a safe consumption room for drugs moves closer.

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has said it "would not be in the public interest to prosecute users of such a facility for drugs possession, while the Home Office has confirmed it will not intervene on any plans.