Community support and the impact of the SDCF on the local community is of paramount importance to the success of The Thistle. While we are reassured that the ongoing independent evaluation is monitoring the levels of discarded paraphernalia and the wider impact on the local community, and recognising the international evidence suggesting that SDCFs reduce levels of publicly discarded drug litter and antisocial behaviour, the concerns of the local community need to be taken seriously. (Conclusion, Paragraph 103)