An emergency antidote to treat drug overdose victims will be carried by police officers as part of efforts to tackle Scotland’s drug-deaths emergency.
Naloxone, the nasal spray, counters the effects of overdoses from opioids such as heroin.
It can provide extra time for the ambulance service to arrive on scene and take over emergency medical treatment.
The trial, which will run for six months in Glasgow East, Falkirk and Dundee, is being introduced in response to rising drug-related deaths in Scotland.
The decision was taken despite opposition from the Scottish Police Federation, which argued that overdoses were a medical matter.
Latest available figures show there were 1,187 drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2018, the highest number since records began in 1996.
Gary Ritchie, assistant
