Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
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The Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre Kings Cross (also known as Uniting MSIC or Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre) is a state government-supported facility in Kings Cross, New South Wales that provides safe injecting rooms, sterile equipment and medical supervision for individuals who wish to administer an illicit drug intravenously.
Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre | |
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Geography | |
Location | Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia |
Organisation | |
Funding | State Parliament of New South Wales |
Religious affiliation | Uniting Church of Australia |
Network | Uniting Care |
History | |
Opened | 6 May 2000 |
The centre, which opened in May 2001, was the first legal injecting site in Australia with the primary purpose of preventing the risk of injuries and death resulting from unsafe and unhygienic injecting practices.[2]
As one of the first medically supervised injecting centres in the world, Uniting MSIC has received global attention for its successful reduction in drug-related emergencies.
As of 2016, the centre had successfully supervised over one million injections with no fatalities.[3]