TD’s call for supervised drug centres welcomed

A drug project has welcomed a statement from a government TD calling for supervised centres where people can inject drugs.

Fine Gael’s Catherine Byrne said medically supervised injection centres would provide a “legal, safe and sanitised environment” for drug users.

The Dublin South Central TD said such centres would “take the problem off the streets” and away from the public, who, she said, should not have to see people injecting drugs.