INJECTING rooms will not be an option for West Australian heroin addicts, after the government today rejected the notion on the basis that WA's drug problem was not as concentrated as in other cities.

And, despite a state government endorsement for prescription heroin trials, WA addicts will not be able to access this treatment either because of lack of federal government support.

The government was responding today to recommendations made in August by a community drugs summit, set up to look at ways of reducing drug use in the community.

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