Government claims no appropriate location could be found for long-mooted second facility
Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has announced new funding for drug services after scrapping a proposal to open a second injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD.Victorian premier Jacinta Allan has announced new funding for drug services after scrapping a proposal to open a second injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD.to be based in Melbourne’s CBD has been rejected by the Victorian government, which claimed it could not find an appropriate location for it.
The proposal was significantly smaller than the 20-booth facility at North Richmond, in recognition of the “safety and amenity concerns” of the local community and traders., the premier, Jacinta Allan, and the mental health minister, Ingrid Stitt, said a new $95.11m plan would “save lives, reduce harms, and give more people the care they need – in the CBD and across Victoria”.
Community health provider, cohealth, will also be given $21.3m for more outreach teams in the CBD. About $8.4m will be spent on pharmacotherapy treatments in “up to 30 locations”, while a $4.4m trial of 20 Naloxone dispensing machines will be rolled out.
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