North Richmond residents have “mixed reviews” on an injection room being made permanent after a five-year trial has been deemed successful, says Sky News Political Reporter Simon Love.
Mr Love said the North Richmond safe injecting room managed to help “6,000 overdoses” with 63 deaths prevented.
The Victorian Premier confirmed the government has bought a building in the CBD for that site resulting in “concerns from the locals”.
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