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Why there's no legal barrier to a Melbourne drug injecting room, despite political setbacks

  • Written by Kate Seear, Academic Director of Springvale Monash Legal Service & Senior Lecturer in Law, Monash University
imageMedically supervised injecting facilities can prevent overdoses turning into a medical emergency. So why has progress in Victoria stalled?from www.shutterstock.com

Drug injecting rooms have made news this week following a coroner’s recommendation to set up a trial of a supervised injecting facility in the Melbourne suburb of North Richmond....

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