Durham police will give addicts heroin to inject in 'shooting galleries'

Force will be first in England to implement radical approach that has achieved positive results in a number of European countries
The Guardian (UK)
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Heroin addicts will be given supplies to inject in specially designated “shooting galleries” under radical plans to tackle drug-related crime in Durham. The police force is set to become the first in England to implement an approach pioneered in Switzerland and credited with achieving positive results in a number of European countries but unlikely to attract much domestic political support. Under the plans, Durham constabulary, which was last week rated the best in England, would buy diamorphine – pharmaceutical heroin – to give to addicts, which they could inject twice a day in supervised facilities.