FIONA HUDSON finds lessons for Victoria in efforts to open Australia's first centre for drug taking

A DISUSED pinball parlor in Sydney's Kings Cross may hold the key to the success of Victoria's heroin trials.

The former video arcade and fast-food outlet is likely to become Australia's first heroin injecting centre.

Operators say the Kings Cross drug room will open in July, well before the Bracks Government introduces its legislation.

It will be managed by the Uniting Church's Board for Social Responsibility -- if it ever opens.

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