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The INEF exists to actively develop, support, and sustain a network of high quality, comprehensive needle exchange and other harm reduction services across Ireland.
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France says no to drug consumption rooms
Posted on August 14th, 2010 No commentsPrime Minister François Fillon has refused to consider the idea of opening drug consumption rooms in France against the advice of his Health Minister, Roselyne Bachelot. Supporters of the idea say they will continue to lobby.Commonly referred to in France as salles de shoot or “shooting rooms”, these consumption rooms for hard drug users have not won the support of the government after a campaign by Bachelot to open them in major French cities where drug abuse is most prevalent, says le Figaro.Read the rest of this entry »Luxembourg: drug consumption rooms
Posted on February 7th, 2010 No commentsAn injection of common sense
Posted on September 14th, 2009 No commentsWhen the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse began its heroin “shooting gallery” pilot project four years ago, critics argued that it would result in an explosion of drug dealing and crime. In fact it has had precisely the opposite effect. As we report today, in the areas of London, Brighton and Darlington where heroin prescribing clinics have been set up, there has been a fall in both crime and drug dealing.
Drug Consumption Room Releases Comprehensive Review of Evidence
Posted on July 28th, 2009 No commentsIn 2003, the Canadian Government granted temporary permission for a ‘legal operating exemption’ to pilot North America’s first ‘medically supervised injection facility’ in Vancouver. The facility was called Insite, and the legal exemption was granted to allow rigorous and robust scientific evaluation of what remains a controversial harm reduction intervention.
Professor Speaks About Drug Consumption Rooms in Australia
Posted on May 27th, 2009 No commentsProfessor Alex Wodak spoke at an event in Sydney, Australia on May 6th which marked the 10 year anniversary of the opening of Australia’s first and only safer injecting facility. In his speech, Professor Wodak stated that the group which established the service had only one intention, “to establish… a place in Kings Cross [an area in Sydney] where people determined to inject illegal drugs could do so safely… [and] without fear of being charged and arrested”.
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