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    Fidel Castro
    (110629) -- HAVANA, June 29, 2011 (Xinhua) -- Photo provided by Cuba Debate shows former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) reading a newspaper with the president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, who is recovering from surgery in a hospital in Havana, capital of Cuba, June 28, 2011. (Xinhua/CUBADEBATE)
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  • Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
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    Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
    In Krakow, Poland, on September 13, 2025, a counter-demonstration by the All-Polish Youth takes place during the Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation'. The first Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation' marches through the streets of Krakow. Participants draw attention to issues such as social inequality, the climate catastrophe, police violence, and a government that fails to keep its promises on abortion and civil partnerships. They emphasize that companies make their alliances dependent on current governments and profits, and that the march is organized grassroots by the community without corporate support. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto)

     

  • Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
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    Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
    In Krakow, Poland, on September 13, 2025, a counter-demonstration by the All-Polish Youth takes place during the Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation'. The first Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation' marches through the streets of Krakow. Participants draw attention to issues such as social inequality, the climate catastrophe, police violence, and a government that fails to keep its promises on abortion and civil partnerships. They emphasize that companies make their alliances dependent on current governments and profits, and that the march is organized grassroots by the community without corporate support. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto)

     

  • Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
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    Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
    In Krakow, Poland, on September 13, 2025, a counter-demonstration by the All-Polish Youth takes place during the Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation'. The first Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation' marches through the streets of Krakow. Participants draw attention to issues such as social inequality, the climate catastrophe, police violence, and a government that fails to keep its promises on abortion and civil partnerships. They emphasize that companies make their alliances dependent on current governments and profits, and that the march is organized grassroots by the community without corporate support. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto)

     

  • Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
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    Anti-capitalist Pride March In Krakow
    In Krakow, Poland, on September 13, 2025, a counter-demonstration by the All-Polish Youth takes place during the Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation'. The first Anti-Capitalist Pride March under the slogan 'Community is Salvation' marches through the streets of Krakow. Participants draw attention to issues such as social inequality, the climate catastrophe, police violence, and a government that fails to keep its promises on abortion and civil partnerships. They emphasize that companies make their alliances dependent on current governments and profits, and that the march is organized grassroots by the community without corporate support. (Photo by Klaudia Radecka/NurPhoto)

     

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Injectable drug user receives assistance from a nurse, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Injectable drug user receives assistance from a nurse, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Injectable drug room, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Man holds box with hashish, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    User's hand with remains of heroin, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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  • Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
    DUKAS_164625721_EYE
    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 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.

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Preparation of the injectable drug, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Syringe needle kits, with the message Say No to Second Hand Syringes, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, at Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Man smoke hashish, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Kits that the Portuguese government provides to heroin users, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Kits that the Portuguese government provides to heroin users, in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, in Pasteleira, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The monitored consumption room is a container divided into 2 rooms, one for smoking, containing six seats, and the injectable room with 4 seats and with nurses controlling and providing assistance, where consumers can only spend 30 minutes in each room.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Heroin user, consumes in the supervised consumption room, the only one in the north of the country, on December 15, 2023, Porto, Portugal. The supervised consumption room is a container located in the middle of the Pasteleira neighborhood, a neighborhood where drug trafficking and consumption is common.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of the exterior building at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Carrying out a urine test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.
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  • Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
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    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 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.

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Carrying out a urine test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.
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  • Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
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    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 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.

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Instructions on how to perform a urine test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    General view of the interior of a nursing room, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Complete test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Details of the cabinets with medicines and medical instruments, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    General view of the interior of a nursing room, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Details of the cabinets with medicines and medical instruments, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Details of the cabinets with medicines and medical instruments, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Details of the cabinets with medicines and medical instruments, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Details of the cabinets with medicines and medical instruments, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Carrying out a urine test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.
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  • Drug consumption rooms could save thousands of UK lives, study finds.
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    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 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.

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    Carrying out a urine test, to identify the type of drug the user consumes, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.
    ?

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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

    Similar facilities already operate in France, the US, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Greece, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Mexico, Iceland and Colombia.

    View of various types of Methadone, at the drug addiction treatment center, CRI Porto Central, on December 14, 2023, Porto, Portugal.
    The Drug Addiction Treatment Center, there are 5 in the North of the country, and aims to help users stop using drugs, replacing them with Methadone, giving appropriate doses to each patient and reducing them throughout the treatment.

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  • 'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
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    'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
    No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the 'kush devil' is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back.

    One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the "kush devil".

    A single joint of kush can cost 5 leones (20p), which can add up quickly when buying multiple joints a day - in a country where youth unemployment stands at 60%, one of the highest in west Africa.

    Authorities have likened kush to a synthetic cannaboid product - akin to the so-called “zombie drug” spice - that can be smoked, but no one appears to be sure what's in it. Kush users and the doctors treating them have suggested there are dangerous potential ingredients including fentanyl and tramadol, and also formalin, a chemical most often used to preserve human bodies. Shoe polish is another mooted element.

    The image depicts individuals who are victims of kush and are currently receiving treatment at the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital.
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    Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital situated in Kissy, Freetown.

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  • 'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
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    'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
    No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the 'kush devil' is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back.

    One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the "kush devil".

    A single joint of kush can cost 5 leones (20p), which can add up quickly when buying multiple joints a day - in a country where youth unemployment stands at 60%, one of the highest in west Africa.

    Authorities have likened kush to a synthetic cannaboid product - akin to the so-called “zombie drug” spice - that can be smoked, but no one appears to be sure what's in it. Kush users and the doctors treating them have suggested there are dangerous potential ingredients including fentanyl and tramadol, and also formalin, a chemical most often used to preserve human bodies. Shoe polish is another mooted element.

    Dr. Jusu, the acting Medical Superintendent at the Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital located in Kissy, Freetown.
    Kush in Sierra Leone
    Sierra Leone Psychiatric Hospital situated in Kissy, Freetown.

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  • 'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
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    'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
    No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the 'kush devil' is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back.

    One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the "kush devil".

    A single joint of kush can cost 5 leones (20p), which can add up quickly when buying multiple joints a day - in a country where youth unemployment stands at 60%, one of the highest in west Africa.

    Authorities have likened kush to a synthetic cannaboid product - akin to the so-called “zombie drug” spice - that can be smoked, but no one appears to be sure what's in it. Kush users and the doctors treating them have suggested there are dangerous potential ingredients including fentanyl and tramadol, and also formalin, a chemical most often used to preserve human bodies. Shoe polish is another mooted element.

    Male Bedroom in the city of rest rehab center freetown, sierra leone.
    City of Rest Rehab Center, kush addiction, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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  • 'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
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    'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
    No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the 'kush devil' is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back.

    One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the "kush devil".

    A single joint of kush can cost 5 leones (20p), which can add up quickly when buying multiple joints a day - in a country where youth unemployment stands at 60%, one of the highest in west Africa.

    Authorities have likened kush to a synthetic cannaboid product - akin to the so-called “zombie drug” spice - that can be smoked, but no one appears to be sure what's in it. Kush users and the doctors treating them have suggested there are dangerous potential ingredients including fentanyl and tramadol, and also formalin, a chemical most often used to preserve human bodies. Shoe polish is another mooted element.

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    City of Rest Rehab Center, kush addiction, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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  • 'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
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    'It's like smoking poison': Sierra Leone's youth battle addiction to a mystery drug
    No one seems to know what’s in it or where it comes from. Yet the 'kush devil' is destroying young African lives. At a rehab centre in Freetown, staff and users are fighting back.

    One thing is certain in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital, says 18-year-old Abdullah: you are never far from a kush dealer. Some call its impact the "kush devil".

    A single joint of kush can cost 5 leones (20p), which can add up quickly when buying multiple joints a day - in a country where youth unemployment stands at 60%, one of the highest in west Africa.

    Authorities have likened kush to a synthetic cannaboid product - akin to the so-called “zombie drug” spice - that can be smoked, but no one appears to be sure what's in it. Kush users and the doctors treating them have suggested there are dangerous potential ingredients including fentanyl and tramadol, and also formalin, a chemical most often used to preserve human bodies. Shoe polish is another mooted element.

    Ahmed, a 29-year-old individual who has been on a rehabilitation journey for nearly 6 months
    City of Rest Rehab Center, kush addiction, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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