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Safe injection rooms for drug users?

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In France there's an ongoing debate whether it's time to open injection rooms also known as shooting galleries. Those in favour say it would reduce risks of fatal overdose as well as disease by providing drug-users a as a place to inject and a clean syringe. Critics fear it could encourage drug use as well as local crime around the injection rooms.

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good idea

by Anonyme - 11/02/2010 - 16:34

up to now we haven't yet had a good way to avoid, stop the drug injection, so better to provide the clean , private place for them, also put them little annonces to help them understand the risks and disadvantages of drugs, gradually educating them to stop or reduce drugs injections under self-conscience, it could be heard too ideal, but more or less it will work than nothing..also can stop the interinfection among the drug users. provide enough hygiene environment to reduce the worse situation.

safe injection sites

by Anonyme - 08/02/2010 - 19:15

We have one here in Vancouver and it has been an effective harm-reduction tool. After seeing the suffering experienced by the addicts I find it difficult to believe that anyone who entered such a facility would feel encouraged to try drugs!

Health

by Anonyme - 07/02/2010 - 08:08

Oh my GOD,were does France go?

Wow

by Anonyme - 07/02/2010 - 04:06

I can't believe it... A women who chooses to wear a burqa in a public institution might be illegal. Yet, there is a debate of using tax money for "safe" drug injection

For the record, no injection of heroin is "safe."

NOBLE REASONING

by Anonyme - 05/02/2010 - 22:29

THIS IS TAKING AN INITIATIVE,IN THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN KIND WE HAVE BEEN FIGTING THE DRUG PROBLEM .THE BURNING QUESTION CAN WE WIN A WAR AGAINST A LIFESTYLE ,I DOUBT,I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE WAY OF DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG USE NO DOUBT IT WILL HAVE ITS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS A VIABLE SOLUTION

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