Safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD rejected by Victorian government
23-04-2024 02:10 via theguardian.com

Safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD rejected by Victorian government

Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facilityA proposed safe injecting room to be based in Melbourne’s CBD has been rejected by the Victorian government, which claimed it could not find an appropriate location for it.The government on Tuesday announced that a new trial facility – which would complement the existing safe injecting room in nearby North Richmond – will not proceed after concluding there was no site that balanced the needs
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