Safe injecting room to stay despite controversial location

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A Melbourne supervised drug injecting room is to become a permanent fixture after a controversial trial. A review has found the facility has saved dozens of lives and should stay, despite its location dividing the opinion of locals in inner-city suburbs.

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Published 7 March 2023 6:21pm

By Abby Dinham, Gareth Boreham

Presented by Gareth Boreham

Source: SBS News

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A Melbourne supervised drug injecting room is to become a permanent fixture after a controversial trial. A review has found the facility has saved dozens of lives and should stay, despite its location dividing the opinion of locals in inner-city suburbs.

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Safe injecting room to stay despite controversial location

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A Melbourne supervised drug injecting room is to become a permanent fixture after a controversial trial. A review has found the facility has saved dozens of lives and should stay, despite its location dividing the opinion of locals in inner-city suburbs.

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A Melbourne supervised drug injecting room is to become a permanent fixture after a controversial trial. A review has found the facility has saved dozens of lives and should stay, despite its location dividing the opinion of locals in inner-city suburbs.

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