Editing Supervised injection site (section)

=== Australia ===
[[File:"You Talk, We Die" mural in North Richmond area of Melbourne, Australia.jpg|thumb|This "You Talk, We Die" mural was painted to advocate for a safe injecting facility in the [[North Richmond, Victoria|North Richmond]] area of [[Melbourne]], known for the heroin trade. The campaign was successful and a facility opened in 2018.]]
The legality of supervised injection is handled on a state-by state basis. [[New South Wales]] trialed a supervised injection site in [[Sydney]] in 2001, which was made permanent in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Matthew |title=Sydney's Medically Supervised Injecting Centre |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2010/September/Sydneys_Medically_Supervised_Injecting_Centre |website=Australian Parliamentary Library |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> After several years of community activism, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] agreed to open a supervised injection site in [[Melbourne]]'s [[North Richmond, Victoria|North Richmond]] neighbourhood in 2018 on a trial basis. In 2020 the trial was extended for a further three years, and the site remains open as of 2024. 

A second site for Melbourne's [[Central business district|CBD]] was approved<ref>{{cite web |title=Medically supervised injecting room |url=https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/alcohol-and-drugs/aod-treatment-services/injecting-room |website=Health.vic |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> and was to be placed in a building on [[Flinders Street, Melbourne|Flinders Street]] which had previously housed [[Yooralla]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eddie |first1=Rachel |last2=Waters |first2=Cara |title=Second Melbourne injecting room in limbo as Andrews walks back commitment |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/richmond-safe-injecting-room-to-remain-open-permanently-20230307-p5cpx7.html |website=The Age |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> However, as of 2024, the site has been rejected by Premier [[Jacinta Allan]] who cited disagreements over location, preferring to set up a new community health and [[pharmacotherapy]] centre instead.