Room safer for non-users

Geelong Mayor Bruce Harwood has opened the door to establishing a safe injecting room in the city.

OK people with a drug problem will use no matter what you say, so where would you like the dirty syringes left? In public areas so we can accidentally step on them, or in a controlled environment? Until someone close to you is on drugs your attitude won’t change. Andrew Caruana

The term “safe injecting room” is an oxymoron. Matt Davis

Safe injecting rooms get needles off the street and allow people to access proper care to help stop, look at the results and it’s an easy decision. Adrian Marc

He’ll probably try and stick it in Lara, just like we get all the other dodgy stuff. Dianne Moody

He wants it in the CBD. Monika Dorling

Educate me please as to why and how would that be helping. I really would like to know Mr Mayor. There must be a reason for this madness and I would only like an answer of the mayor, not interested in any others thanks. Heather Okeefe

Maybe they need help to get into rehab, not for safe injecting rooms to keep them addicted. That’s just stupid. There’s enough druggies around without having injecting rooms. Jade Harrower

To put it simply, a person looking for that hit will always find a way to buy it and use even if is illegal. By doing this it allows them to be in a place where it’s not harming others and the disposal of syringes is cleaner as they have a place to put them instead of the ground or other places non-users find. To lessen the impact. Nigel Skuz

Anywhere for the poor homeless people to sleep? Cathy Hayes

They have proven to help in other countries, so was legalising certain drugs. I know It’s an oxymoron, but it’s proven. Jake Sadler