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Plans for consumption room to let drug users inject under supervision

A drug project plans to set up the country’s first consumption room to allow users inject drugs under medical supervision.

Such a facility is currently illegal under Irish law, but the Anna Liffey project wants to open one by the end of 2014.

The agency celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and plans to push the matter with the Government, gardaí and other agencies.

Director Tony Duffin said similar projects have been operating in other countries, including in the EU, and have had success.

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Source: Cormac O’Keeffe, Irish Examiner, 20/11/2012

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