Injection rooms for addicts to open next year in drug law change, says Minister

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says Misuse of Drugs Bill set to unblock legislative obstacles

Minister with Responsibility for National Drug Strategy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. Wants to remove stigma of criminal convictionsPhotograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Minister with Responsibility for National Drug Strategy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. Wants to remove stigma of criminal convictionsPhotograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Drug users will be able to use supervised injecting rooms in Dublin next year, followed shortly afterwards by Cork, Galway and Limerick, according to the Minister in charge of the National Drugs Strategy.

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who is set to announce the radical move in a speech to the London School of Economics on Monday, told The Irish Times that medically supervised injection rooms “will happen next year”.

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