AND SOMEONE CALLS DANIEL ANDREW THE MOST PROGRESSIVE STATE PREMIER IN AUSTRALIA???

Today, Thursday 7 September 2017, The Victorian State government has once again refused to consider the introduction of a safe injecting room in Richmond in inner Melbourne, despite so many of the residents of the area approving the idea of having such a trial injecting room for Melbourne similar to the one which has been operating in the King's Cross area of Sydney - that most progressive of states (not!! sic) - for some years with great success.

What is their problem? are they getting money out of the drug dealers in the state? Is some other problem, such as religious fanaticism stopping them, or are they, after all, not as progressive as they would like us to think?

At the end of the day, more people will die because the government of Victoria has failed to act - yet again - on a matter of vital importance to the community.

And in the longer term they are failing in another way, because drug control doesn't work and the answer is to legalise the drugs that are causing the most harm, and control their use by selling them in a safe supply system. But unheard of while the USA controls the way drugs are sold around the world.