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MEDIA RELEASETuesday, 15 July 2003

Kings Cross ‘Shooting Gallery’ – a dismal failure

The Rev the Hon Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, claims the Kings Cross ‘Shooting Gallery’ was a dismal failure. After studying the Final Report of the Evaluation, July 2003, the Rev Fred Nile made the following observations concerning the 18 month Trial: * The $3.7 million spent over 18 months on the Kings Cross ‘injecting centre ‘, would have provided over 150 residential drug rehabilitation beds to help get young people off drugs. * Out of the 3810 individuals who registered at the centre, only 235 clients were referred for treatment of drug dependence. Only 140 took up the referral. * No evidence of how many of these 140 clients were able to become cured of their drug addiction, or completed the drug rehabilitation programme. There is no follow up. * Only 6 overdose deaths were assessed as prevented by the staff. * The dramatic decrease in drug overdose deaths was as a result of the heroin drought, not because of the centre.

“Obviously the Kings Cross legal shooting Gallery ‘injecting centre’ was a dismal failure and should be closed down. The $2 million annual cost should be transferred as a matter of urgency to drug rehabilitation programmes, such as the successful Salvation Army Bridge drug programme” said Rev Fred Nile MLC.

contact: Rev Fred Nile MLC – (02) 9230 2132 or (02) 9751 1949 Christian Democratic Party, GPO Box 141, Sydney NSW 2001. Tel: (02) 9645-9094 Fax: (02) 9645-9093 url http://www.cdp.org.au

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