Experts have welcomed plans to open injection centres for drug addicts.
AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP of experts has welcomed plans to introduce medically supervised injection centres in Ireland, saying the move will help to tackle the problem of public injecting as well as facilitating access to treatment.
The backing comes ahead of an international drug policy conference in London this November that will focus on the current situation in Ireland.
Minister of State for the National Drugs Strategy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has been vocal in his support for legislation that would introduce injection centres in Ireland before the next election.
Praising the proposal, Dr John Collins, the coordinator of the London School of Economics’ International Drug Policy Project, said evidence points to the need to replace punitive criminal justice with health-based policy measures.
“Supervised injecting facilities are in line with this approach, and have been shown to be cost effective in other jurisdictions,” he said.
Source: Catherine Healy, The Journal, 21/09/15
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