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Arguments in favour of the trialing of heroin injection centres The first argument offered in favour of the establishment of heroin injection centres is that they are an immediate and practical way of reducing the risk of death faced by heroin users. This point is made by the Mayor of the City of Port Phillip, Julian Hill. Mr Hill argues that injection rooms are primarily a means of reducing heroin overdose fatalities. Referring to his City of Port Phillip, Mr Hill states, 'Between June 1998 and July 1999 the ambulance service attended 304 definite heroin overdoses, 128 likely heroin overdoses and 32 fatal heroin overdoses. Mr Hill concludes, 'That's 32 people who could have been saved', presumably, had injecting rooms been available. Other commentators have noted that in Victoria some 300 people a year are dying of heroin overdoses. The Age, in its editorial of April 20, 2000, states, 'The heroin problem is now so acute...

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