Activist Peter Krykant charged at drugs fix room in Glasgow
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A Glasgow drug activist has been charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Peter Krykant has been working with injecting drug users in the city since September.
The former addict is campaigning for a change in the law to allow the legal consumption of drugs such as heroin and cocaine.
Mr Krykant has said the current laws force people to inject in squalid conditions in alleyways, closes and waste ground.
He has now been charged after police attended a drug consumption van in Glasgow.
The facility, which is run by volunteers and offers people a space where they can take drugs, was said to be operating in the city's Parnie Street.
The UK government - which sets drugs policy - has previously rejected calls to legalise such facilities and said running one would be an offence.
In a statement, a Police Scotland spokesperson said: "A 43-year-old man has been charged in connection with an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 on Parnie Street in Glasgow during the morning of Friday, 23 October, 2020.
"A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course."