Scotland opens first drug-checking service in Glasgow

Scotland’s first drug-checking service has opened in Glasgow’s East End. It will test samples and provide tailored advice, while results sent to a University of Dundee laboratory are intended to help authorities track dangerous substances.

• The service lets people aged over 18 submit drug samples for testing and receive tailored advice about substances, strength and contaminants.· 1 source
• Samples will go to a new national testing and research laboratory at the University of Dundee, with information intended to help authorities detect emerging drugs.· 1 source
• Minister Maree Todd said the service would save lives, while noting it was difficult to predict whether Scotland’s drug-death figures would rise or fall next year.· 1 source