How the Police's war on drugs is jeopardising safety in Scottish clubs

IT is a decision which prompted an outcry by writers, musicians, poets and DJs and has caused thousands to sign a petition in protest.

 

Now drug and health experts have warned the move to effectively close Glasgow's much loved Arches venue - by suspending its late night licence and thereby closing its nightclub activities - risks taking the tackling of drugs "back to the 1980s", with venues now more likely to turn a blind eye to the issue in case they get shut down too.

The thinking is that if, like the Arches - one of the safest venues in the country - other clubs assist the police over drugs, then they will risk having their business ruined also. This in turn, it is warned, puts clubbers in more danger, and in turn thoroughly undermines what the police are trying to do.

The decision by the licensing board of...

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