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Drug ‘shooting galleries’ to be tested by France
http://www.france24.com/en/20121022-france-shooting-galleries-drug-consumption-rooms-touraine-le-guen-paris-heroine
France’s health minister, Marisol Touraine (pictured), has said trial centres where drug addicts can safely inject their own drugs could open before the end of the year in a handful of French cities.
Legalised “shooting galleries” where addicts can inject heroin and other drugs with sterile needles provided by medical professionals could soon open in France, Health Minister Marisol Touraine has said.
“I hope that experimental trials will be announced before the end of the year,” Touraine told French BFM television on Sunday, adding that a handful of cities were ready to test the new program.
“I am reviewing the conditions under which this can be implemented,” she added, saying that the issue of providing safe premises for drug addicts should not be exploited by rivalling political groups.
