Overdoses have claimed more than 30 lives in Glasgow this year<\/p>\n
Councillors and drug groups in Glasgow and Lanarkshire are to pilot use of the anti-opiate revival drug Naloxone.<\/p>\n
They believe heroin overdose deaths could be halved if addicts’ families are issued with the treatment to inject into overdose victims.<\/p>\n
The Conservatives have criticised the \u00a320,000 project as sending out a message that drug misuse is acceptable.<\/p>\n
It is estimated that most drug overdoses are witnessed by members of family or friends of addicts.<\/p>\n
Police have warned that purer heroin on the streets is contributing to a rise in overdose deaths.<\/p>\n
Chaotic lives<\/p>\n
In Glasgow alone there were 35 fatalities in the first four months of this year.<\/p>\n
Glasgow City Council and the Lanarkshire Drug Action Team have now agreed on pilot projects to provide addicts’ families with Naloxone, which reverses opiate harm.<\/p>\n
Neil Hunter, general manager of Glasgow Addiction Services, said: “We have to accept that there are some individuals in the city who are unable, at the moment, to benefit from rehabilitation or treatment.<\/p>\n
“They are still leading fairly chaotic and high-risk lives and we have to do something to intervene to try to avoid any harmful consequences.”<\/p>\n
However, Scottish Conservative health spokesman David Davidson said: “It’s as if the agencies have given up all hope of getting people away from drugs and getting people back into society.”<\/p>\n
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