Residents prickled over site of injection room

Location choice causes some of Vesterbro’s local residents to square off against the City Council
The Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
Thursday, April 26, 2012

maendenes-hjemMany residents of Vesterbro have lived alongside the local homeless and drug-addict populations for decades. But for the sake of the drug users’ health – as well as the hope to reduce crime and avoid exposing children to drug culture – many have long demanded that the city provide a room where drug users can inject their drugs under the supervision of healthcare experts.

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