Australia; VIC
The Victorian Coalition’s opposition to safe injecting rooms over the last two decades has been based on prohibitionist ideology and the populist idea that drug use is a problem to be eradicated, rather than evidence on their effectiveness at reducing harm to drug users and the wider community, according to Australian research. The researchers examined the two Victorian safe injecting room debates in 2000 and 2017 and say that on both occasions the Coalition opposed a safe injecting room because illicit drug use was evil, and these facilities suggested condoning rather than condemning drug use. The authors say they demanded an eradication of drugs per se, and displayed little compassion-based concern for reducing harm to or saving the lives of existing users.
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