Source: Stuttgarter Zeitung (Germany) Copyright: 1998 Stuttgarter Nachrichte Pubdate: 21 Nov 1998 Website: http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/ Translator: Pat Dolan (from German text) Note: Main points only slightly edited. LOERRACH APPLIES TO JOIN THE NEW DRUG PROJECT The district of Lorraech has made formal application to the Ministry of Health for permission to participate in the projected drug model which has recently been the subject of heated controversy. This was confirmed by the district office on Friday, 20 November 1998. The Catholic Workers Party recently asked for 50,000 marks for the planning of 'guest rooms,' also known as 'injection rooms,' for drug addicts. The Social Democrat delegate, Joerg Lutz, said there was still no such project in Baden-Wuerttemberg. No legal basis exists as yet for such a project. The question of who is competent to settle the legal question is likely to be controversial. If the federal government rules that the projected clinics are legal, the Stuttgart social affairs ministry, which has thus far opposed the plan, will have to put on a `happy face' and go along with it. - --- Checked-by: Richard Lake