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A medically-supervised injecting room facility in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond is due to close, despite statistics showing a decrease in heroin-related ambulance call-outs. Over the first five and a half years, call-outs for drug-related incidents dropped by 71%. A number of overdoses have been treated too and no deaths have occurred. However, the facility is situated between a primary school and public housing towers, with the result that local residents want it closed. There are a number of other factors at play. Locals say crime in the area has increased, as has the number of ‘undesirables’ and homeless. Such a facility seems a good thing to me but I don’t have to live in the area. And just to lighten the tone a little here's a sign I saw in Melbourne. Uh oh. Looks like loading photos isn't happening at the moment.