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Residents prickled over site of injection room
Peter Stanners
The Copenhagen Post
April 26th, 2012

Many 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.

After more than two decades of appeals, the City Council finally promised last week to invest in a permanent, supervised injection room in Vesterbro that will open in August 2013. With the city stumping up the 13-18 million kroner it is expected to cost, the government is expected to remove the only legal hurdle and legalise the consumption of drugs in the injection room, which will be located in a local community centre called Mændenes Hjem (the men’s home).

Mændenes Hjem has helped marginalised Copenhageners for over 50 years. Situated 300 metres from the central train station, it counts clean needles, food, health check-ups, condoms and beds amongst its services to between 400 and 600 men and women a day.

But on any given day, a crowd of users gathers outside its entrance on Istedgade, a major traffic artery. Many of Mændenes Hjem’s residents take drugs, and the centre serves as a hub for the local drug community. Drug dealing, injecting and smoking all take place in clear view of families, tourists and passers-by – a situation that some argue will only get worse after the house gets an injection room.
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Im from Vesterbro and spent the better part of my teens on hanging around Maria church and maendenes hjem, trust me a safe injection room could not make things worse, yeah they smoke and shoot up in front of tourists but they forgot to mention that meandenes hjem is right next to a police station, its about fucking time they did this!
 
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