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Safe injecting rooms was an idea put forward in the federal government’s drug summit as a means of controlling the drug problem. Safe injecting rooms is where drug user could go to inject heroin in a safe, controlled environment. ...
We as the Uniting church realize that drug using in Australia does exist and needs recognition for improvement. Thus we see safe injecting rooms as the answer as it will assist overdoses and may save lives. ... They do not want the concepts of safe injecting rooms as this would lead to the recognition of heroine user and this would also mean the inevitable recognition of other drug use in Australia. ... John Howard argues that safe injecting rooms would advocate other recognized drug use forums through the normalization of these facilities. ... John Howard’s defense for the non-supervision of safe injecting rooms is Australia’s obligations under international drug control conventions (1999, 1-3). He has used this argument to press states into abandoning the safe injecting rooms trials. ...
The Australian National Council on Drugs is a stakeholder in this issue as they are an advisory body to government on drug policy and service issues (2001, 1-4). The ANCD supports efforts to reduce overdose deaths, which is a clear goal of the safe injecting room’s provision. The ANCD does not clearly address the safe injecting rooms issue but their argument favors the idea. ...
The ANCD want increasing accessibility of needle and syringe programs and provide treatment options that match client needs (2001, 1-4) which are all provided in safe injecting rooms through the supervisors.
The Uniting church is another major stakeholder in this issue. The key issue for the Uniting church takes a moral perspective as they act in support of heroine user out of their Christian compassion.
Approximate Word count = 1477
Approximate Pages = 5.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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