"I wish to state ACEM’s support for the continuation of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. We believe that ample evidence has been accumulated during the nine year trial period that the centre is achieving its stated aims and providing significant, measurable benefits to injecting drug users. Flow on effects to the wider community are considerable…. We would therefore also support amendment of legislation which would allow the Sydney MSIC to operate as a permanent, mainstream health service in NSW"

“On behalf of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, I would like to convey our support for the continuation of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre… Evaluation data from the Sydney MSIC, strongly supported by evidence from similar centres in other countries demands continuation of the MSIC.”

"The AMA(NSW) supports the establishment of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre as a permanent NSW Health Department Service."

"The RACGP supports holistic continuing comprehensive patient centred care…. After nine years the MSIC has demonstrated its value and the RACGP believes  it is time for it to become a permanent part of the services available to reduce the impact of injecting drug use."

"The Royal Australasian College of Physicians strongly supports the continuation of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre. It is high time the temporary research status of the MSIC was ended."

"It is unfortunate that innovative interventions like MSIC tend to become critical symbols for polarised groups. The resulting controversy risks obscuring the fact that harm-reduction interventions as a whole are a key component of any comprehensive response to the AIDS epidemic and that Australia is widely perceived as a compassionate and progressive leader in this field. It is my hope … that MSIC will continue to provide critical services to injecting drug users in Sydney."

“Services like the ones provided by the Medically Supervised Injecting Room in Kings Cross prevent new HIV infections and save many lives. I congratulate the New South Wales Government for taking an evidence-informed decision to protect the people who use drugs.”

“The RANZCP is supportive of the Sydney MSIC as a pragmatic and compassionate response to the reality of drug use and drug addiction … Furthermore, given the significant relationship between mental health, drug use, and homelessness, the role the MSIC plays in extending circumstances in which health professionals have contact with injecting drug users is especially important.”