Drug addiction is a 24 7 problem that is a satellite for a broad range of illegal activity.
Richmond drug injecting room.
North richmond injecting room under investigation duration.
The victorian government is trialling a medically supervised injecting room at the north richmond community health site in north richmond melbourne.
As such careful consideration should have been given to the planning constraints.
It can also provide a gateway for people who inject drugs to access other health and social.
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.
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.
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.
A woman 36 and a man 49 were allegedly part of a heroin trafficking ring.
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.
Local police fear the arrival of the state s first injecting room could attract more dealers to richmond keen to feed the habit of desperate addicts leading to an increase in crime.
The medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health opened in july 2019.
The department of health and human services is coordinating a trial of a medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health.
The facility aims to reduce the high amount of victorian drug overdose deaths.