‘Will cost lives’: addiction experts condemn decision to scrap proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD
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Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD has been rejected by the Victorian government, with addiction experts warning the decision will “cost lives”.The government on Tuesday announced that a trial facility, recommended by a former police commissioner and which would...

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