Fixing drug users?
Nelli Bird asks if 'fix rooms' where drug users can inject safely could be the answer to the problem of an ageing population of users and become a fixture in Wales.
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Drugs workers fear that a bad batch of heroin has led to the deaths of seven people in Gwent in just a week.Β
The spike in fatal overdoses follows figures revealing a 50 per cent increase in deaths due to drug misuse across Wales in 2015 - after five years of falls.
Much of the current debate about how to how to deal with long-term drug use surrounds the idea of introducing so-called "fix rooms" - a place where users can take drugs while a nurse of doctor is present.Β
But not everyone thinks they would work in Wales - as Nelli Bird has been finding out.
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- Sun 27 Nov 2016 12:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
- Mon 28 Nov 2016 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
- Wed 30 Nov 2016 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales
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