Supervised injection centre being considered to protect Cork City drug users

A drug injection facility in the US.

A medically supervised injection centre may be considered for Cork after a delegation from Cork City Council, the HSE and An Garda Síochána travelled to Lisbon to learn from the drug policy there.

But any decision on introducing such a facility will come after data has been collected and will only be progressed if the evidence supports it, local stakeholders say.