Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds

Facilities could also slash transmission of diseases and cut pressure on ambulance callouts and hospitals, study says

Thousands of lives could be saved if safe rooms were set up in UK cities where people could be supervised while they get high, the world's largest review of the effectiveness of drug-consumption rooms and overdose-prevention centres (OPCs) has found.

The part-government-funded study published on Thursday also found the facilities could slash the transmission of fatal diseases, as well as reduce drug litter, the pressure on ambulance callouts and the burden on hospitals.