much media coverage and debate. The issue dominated the newspaper

headlines and has featured in the Age's Editorials, feature articles and

Letters to the editor. The reason for such concern is quite evident, which is

why there is a great urge for a strong political response. This year alone,

heroin accounted for 186 lives in Victoria, which means 25 people's lives are

lost each month and almost one every day! This is a frightful statistic and is

a problem that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. Furthermore it is

estimated that by the year 2005 the number of heroin-related deaths each

year in Victoria will rise to almost 500. This rapid growth in casualties is

reading to a stage where it can't be ignored and serious action must be taken

It is proposed that three supervised safe heroin injecting rooms will be

set up in three areas of high chaotic street drug use which are situated in

Dandenong, Footscray and Central City. These rooms will offer

accommodation, food, clothes and counseling available for the users. This

inclusion will most definitely help tremendously becaus

These supervised rooms will also have an impact on the disposal of

people not wanting safe injecting rooms in their neighborhood, but in fact it

syringes and needles for the injecting drug users which will decrease the risk

communication, restrict the number of deaths in the state. Other benefits

a nine year old boy stood on a syringe at Melbourne's Seaford beach. Without

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