A squalid drug den featuring a tree covered in dirty heroin syringes has been discovered just yards from Scotland's only 'safe' consumption room.
Laying bare the extent of Glasgow's substance crisis, a disturbing video showed the drug-taking hotspot in grim detail with needles, spoons and other drug paraphernalia strewn over the ground - and all just round the corner from a popular student accommodation.
Glasgow is home to the UK's first and only drug consumption facility, The Thistle, less than half a mile from the location of the clip, posted to X on Saturday by Reform councillor Thomas Kerr.
The centre is already open 365 days a year from 9am to 9pm but its operators told MSPs this week that they may have to extend hours as so many addicts are bingeing on cocaine later in the day and evening.
Run jointly by Glasgow City Council and the NHS, The Thistle allows users to inject hard drugs under medical supervision without fear of prosecution.
