The medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health opened in july 2019.
Richmond drug injecting room.
As such careful consideration should have been given to the planning constraints.
In nsw the legislation specifically restricts placement of an injecting room near schools and community centers.
Local police fear the arrival of the state s first injecting room could attract more dealers to richmond keen to feed the habit of desperate addicts leading to an increase in crime.
01 40 22 05 2020 victoria state government are to decide the fate of the north richmond injecting room after a large number of drug.
But we will keep working with drug users and continue to listen to the community on this issue the facility s local community has been vocal in voicing concerns with the injecting room with many complaining that issues of public drug use drug trafficking and antisocial behaviour have plagued the centre since it opened in july 2018.
The location of the injecting room at north richmond community health centre is right next to a school and in the middle of a residential area the petition signed by more than 700 people.
The department of health and human services is coordinating a trial of a medically supervised injecting room at north richmond community health.
The victorian government is trialling a medically supervised injecting room at the north richmond community health site in north richmond melbourne.
Drug addiction is a 24 7 problem that is a satellite for a broad range of illegal activity.
A woman 36 and a man 49 were allegedly part of a heroin trafficking ring.
North richmond injecting room under investigation duration.
The service was established for an initial two year trial period which will be extended for a further three years based on the evidence gathered in the initial period.
The facility aims to reduce the high amount of victorian drug overdose deaths.
Staff members at melbourne s highly controversial drug injecting room are arrested over alleged heroin supply.