Pubdate: Thu, 20 Apr 2000
Source: Age, The (Australia)
Copyright: 2000 David Syme & Co Ltd
Contact:  250 Spencer Street, Melbourne, 3000, Australia
Website: http://www.theage.com.au/
Author: Denise Chen

WEREN'T THEY CALLED 'SAFE'?

So we are having supervised injecting rooms. Even Dr David Penington is not 
calling them "safe injecting rooms" any more. Rightly so. For the 2 to 5 
per cent of users who do overdose, this situation is not safe at all. It 
just allows them to overdose, and then be revived so they can overdose 
again. What good is this to them, or to the community? Why not pick them up 
in the targeted five municipalities and get them into treatment instead?

Denise Chen, Heidelberg West
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