Call to give drug users‘injectingrooms’

SPECIAL rooms should be made available for addicts to inject heroin safely without the fear of being arrested, a leading charity said yesterday.

Merchants Quay Ireland said that "safe rooms" operating under medical supervision would reduce the number of addicts dying from heroin.

"Research indicates injecting rooms are beneficial in reducing drug-related deaths, limiting public nuisance and linking people in with treatment services," said Tony Geoghegan of Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI).