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Dublin injecting centre ‘will deal in death’, councillor says

Independent Mannix Flynn tells meeting that the planned facility will ‘kill communities’.

A supervised injecting centre which is expected to open in Dublin city early next year will “deal in death” and facilitate more drug use, a meeting to discuss the plan heard on Tuesday.

The pilot injecting centre would offer a supervised and controlled environment for heroin addicts with the aim of reducing harm, as well as the number of deaths from overdoses.

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Source: Irish Times, 23/11/2016

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