{"id":2826,"date":"2021-04-14T15:21:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T05:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/australia-s-injecting-rooms-enriching-drug-trade-un-complaint-mirage-news-april-9-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-04-14T15:21:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T05:21:19","slug":"australia-s-injecting-rooms-enriching-drug-trade-un-complaint-mirage-news-april-9-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/australia-s-injecting-rooms-enriching-drug-trade-un-complaint-mirage-news-april-9-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s \u201cinjecting rooms enriching drug trade\u201d: UN complaint  Mirage News &#8211; APRIL 9, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-2825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/injroom.jpg\" alt=\"injroom\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" style=\"margin-right: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/injroom.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/injroom-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Drug Free Australia: &nbsp;A formal complaint has been sent to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) citing overwhelming evidence that Australia\u2019s two injecting rooms \u2013 one each in Sydney and Melbourne \u2013 are both tacitly aiding and abetting the local drug trade, significantly enriching drug dealers.<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney injecting room hosts overdose rates which are up to 63 times higher than the overdose histories of its own clients before they register to use the facility, while&nbsp;the Melbourne injecting room has overdose rates a staggering 102 times higher.&nbsp; Even with 23% of Melbourne\u2019s clients being recently released from prison, a situation which somewhat elevates the chance of an overdose, overdose rates are still 70 times higher than normal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miragenews.com\/australias-injecting-rooms-enriching-drug-541728\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"button\">For complete article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drug Free Australia: &nbsp;A formal complaint has been sent to the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) citing overwhelming evidence that Australia\u2019s two injecting rooms \u2013 one each in Sydney and Melbourne \u2013 are both tacitly aiding and abetting the local drug trade, significantly enriching drug dealers. 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