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Finnish MPs reject citizens' initiative for drug consumption rooms

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76% Informative

MPs voted 91-66 to reject the initiative, with 42 lawmakers absent.

The issue divided parties in the coalition government, with the Swedish People's Party ( SPP ) voting in favour of the initiative.

Members of the Green, Left Alliance and Social Democrat parties supported a drug consumption room trial.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare is among the proponents of drug consumption rooms.

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English

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69

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