HEROIN INJECTING ROOMS PART B In recent months, the issue of heroin abuse in Victoria has generated 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 …showed first 75 words of 990 total…

…showed last 75 words of 990 total…the first place. Addicts don’t want to be addicts but they are trapped in a cycle and need a great deal of help and understanding to break free. Safe injecting rooms would be a positive start to this because it is fanciful to think that drug addicts can be prevented from obtaining and using prohibited drugs. So isn’t it better off to shoot up in a safe and supervised place? I think so.