Pubdate: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 Source: Australian Associated Press (Australia) Copyright: 1999 Australian Associated Press UNIVERSITY PULLS OUT OF INJECTING ROOM TRIAL: GOVT The University of New South Wales had withdrawn its offer to operate Australia's first heroin injecting room, the NSW government said today. But the Uniting Church is expected to announce today that it will run the 18-month trial. The university had been negotiating with the government on operating the Kings Cross-based injecting room after the project's first proposed operator, the Sisters of Charity Health Service, pulled out last month on orders from the Vatican. It was reported today that the university withdrew its offer following concerns among staff it would be unable to properly fulfil the dual roles of injecting room operator and evaluator of the trial. A spokesman for NSW Special Minister of State John Della Bosca confirmed the university had pulled out. - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk