01 40 22 05 2020 victoria state government are to decide the fate of the north richmond injecting room after a large number of drug.
Richmond drug injecting room.
The service was established for an initial two year trial period which will be extended for a further three years based on the evidence gathered in the initial period.
The department of health and human services is coordinating a trial of a medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health.
Drug addiction is a 24 7 problem that is a satellite for a broad range of illegal activity.
The victorian government is trialling a medically supervised injecting room at the north richmond community health site in north richmond melbourne.
It can also provide a gateway for people who inject drugs to access other health and social.
A medically supervised injecting room is a place where people can inject drugs of dependence in a supervised health setting.
The location of the injecting room at north richmond community health centre is right next to a school and in the middle of a residential area the petition signed by more than 700 people.
With the high numbers of victorians losing their lives to drug related overdoses the medically supervised injecting room msir is a safety first medical approach focused on harm reduction.
The facility aims to reduce the high amount of victorian drug overdose deaths.
A woman 36 and a man 49 were allegedly part of a heroin trafficking ring.
Staff members at melbourne s highly controversial drug injecting room are arrested over alleged heroin supply.
In nsw the legislation specifically restricts placement of an injecting room near schools and community centers.
As such careful consideration should have been given to the planning constraints.
North richmond injecting room under investigation duration.