The injecting room is not safe for those who are not users and it and should be shut down.
Safe injecting rooms debate against.
On the other hand the opponents of safe injection sites vehemently insist that these sites cause roadblocks in the battle against addiction.
Medically supervised injecting centres save lives and this is a fact dr dunn says.
As i wrote back in 2012.
Opening safe injection sites for intravenous drug user s helps reduce health and societal risks associated with drug injections.
Arguments against safe injection sites are as follows.
The case against heroin injecting rooms is quite simple.
Given the amount of heroin related overdoses in victoria in 2016 dr dunn is steadfast in his stance that a sir in melbourne would save lives not promote drug use.
The case for drug consumption rooms is now extremely strong and the case against them is remarkably weak.
Murray seattle gov a safe injection site is a room set aside to allow intravenous drug users to inject themselves under medical supervision.
Ms patten will this week introduce a bill in the legislative council for the 18 month trial modelled on a safe injecting room in kings cross in sydney.
Will safe injecting rooms save lives.
Specifically they believe that they are a benefit to public health and the community.
Arguments for the availability of safe injecting rooms believe that even though these facilities may not eradicate drug taking they can make the process less harmful to both the drug users and the public and thus can be a beneficial strategy in the war against drugs.
The proponents of safe injection sites feel that the sites are a welcome addition to the fight against addiction.
Cons of safe injection sites.
Others say the streets are less safe and are strewn with dirty needles and worse.
Mel i would pick up all the needles and all the shit and dump it on the door of the person that.
It s saved lives and for some people such as drug users like steve the injecting room has been a godsend.
Melbourne lord mayor robert doyle is strongly against establishing a drug consumption room.
While some like in vancouver have been in place since the early 90s most are very new and there is relatively little data showing how they impact their surrounding neighborhoods.
There are currently over 170 safe injection sites worldwide.