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Australia:
Police
Force
Closure
of
Safe
Injection
Room
5/21/99
Peter Watney,
Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation
Prior to the opening of the
T-room at the Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, Sydney, the Premier of New South
Wales had announced the holding of a Drug Summit to be held at Parliament
House, Sydney from 17th to 21st May.
Last week the police continued
to attend the T-room openings, and after being denied entry on the Monday,
returned with a warrant on the Wednesday. They charged one of the
users of the room.
The organising committee
announced that they would close the T-room during the term of the Drug
Summit, and would make decisions as to whether they would reopen depending
on the results of the Summit.
After the closing of the
T-room its need was underlined by the discovery of a man in one of the
outside toilets, dead from a drug overdose. It was assumed that the
presence of the police had discouraged him from using the T-room.
Names of the participants
and transcripts of the Summit can be seen at http://www.nsw.gov.au/drugsummit1999/.
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Issue #91, 5/21/99
Two-Year Anniversary of Hernandez Shooting | Legislation in Alaska Will Restrict State's Medical Marijuana Law | Australia: Police Force Closure of Safe Injection Room | Somali-Canadian Community Under Attack by Khat Enforcers | Canadian Medical Group Wants Doctors to Prescribe More Pain Meds | Higher Education Act Reform Campaign Update
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