Melbourne's second supervised injecting room will not go ahead following a report from former Victoria Police Commissioner Ken Lay. The existing safe injecting room in Richmond will continue to operate.
Premier Jacinta Allan has dumped government plans for a supervised injecting room, despite expert advice recommending a "discreet" service be set up in Melbourne's CBD.
"There is strong evidence from the North Richmond MSIR trial and other similar trials around the world that injecting services save lives and assist in putting people who inject drugs on a pathway to better health and social outcomes,'' Mr Lay wrote. One health sector source said the government were "cowards" for not setting up the centre, while others said they were disappointed with the decision.Mr Lay's report found the City of Melbourne was the deadliest council area for drug deaths, with 54 fatalities in 2020 and 2021."The community understands that there is a problem with injecting drug use in the city and wants more support to mitigate these harms.
Among the other recommendations is that the state consider expanding the use of pharmacotherapy in the CBD. "Lives will be lost and we know that more people now are using drugs unsafely in public spaces. It's not a win for local traders or the community either."
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