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The case for a safe drug consumption room in Edinburgh

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Oscar Lund
Mar 05, 2025
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Safe drug consumption room campaigner and Old Town city councillor Finlay McFarlane outside the City Chambers

“Overdoses are, the majority of them, reversible. It takes a responder to know how to save someone's life.”

Finlay McFarlane is speaking from a position of knowledge and experience. As a city councillor representing the Old Town, he has seen the …

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