Peter Krykant’s drugs facility is run from a converted 2004 Ford Transit minibus that cost £2400.
The vehicle was taxed, MOTd and insured before Peter went about removing seats and swapping in NHS tables and chairs.
On board are chests of drawers laden with swabs and injecting kits, which include spoons for “cooking up”, syringes and citric acid, which is used on the shot.
The van also has stocks of naloxone, which is an effective antidote to any opiate overdose. Similar DCR initiatives around the world have operated successfully with zero fatal overdoses.
Krykant said: “I am a trained first aider and I am also authorised to train others to administer naloxone.
“We also have to hand information that can put people in touch with services that might help them.
“Above all, we’re letting people step out of the scrub areas and patches of ground behind advertising hoardings, all the places they instinctively go to hide because of the stigma surrounding drug use.
“I’m only one man with a van, so I don’t expect to reach out to scores of people.
“But the feedback I’ve had from drug users in Glasgow has been positive and I think they feel a genuine sense of there being people out there who want to help turn Scotland’s situation around.”
