France opens first safe-injection room for drug addicts

October 11, 2016 By La rédaction de Mediapart

The room in northern Paris, which is expected to be used by about 100 addicts daily after it opens on Friday and which is entirely financed by the French health minsistry, will provide clean needles and operate under medical supervision.

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France will open its first safe-injection room for drug addicts despite years of efforts by conservatives to block the plan, reports The Washington Post.

France opens first safe-injection room for drug addicts

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