https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French authorities finally revealed the location of the country's first 'safe house' for drug addicts on Thursday. The centre where users will be able to inject with clean needles and without fear of being arrested is close to Gare du Nord. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130530/france-to-trial-first-drug-safe-house-in-paris Thu, 30 May 2013 19:30:00 +0200 france-to-trial-first-drug-safe-house-in-paris With the French government giving the green light to a controversial plan to open a drug "safe house" for addicts in Paris, The Local heard the views of the people who live and work near Gare du Nord, the reported location of the centre. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130207/paris-trial-addicts-need-help-not-a-place-to-take-drugs Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:15:00 +0100 paris-trial-addicts-need-help-not-a-place-to-take-drugs A newsagent and tobacconist has taken the group that runs the French lottery to court after it withdrew the newsagent’s licence following the suicide of one its clients - a gambling addict. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121122/tobacconist-sue-gambling-conglomerate-for-licence-withdrawl-after-client-suicide Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:03:00 +0100 tobacconist-sue-gambling-conglomerate-for-licence-withdrawl-after-client-suicide