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'Shooting gallery' helps addicts in Europe's richest country

Drug addicts at the in Luxembourg city, Europe's richest country, per capita-wise. [AFP]

Far from the glitzy bank buildings and boutiques in Luxembourg city sits a run-down prefab building behind the railway station that shows another side to Europe's richest country.

The tiny grand duchy nestled between France, Belgium and Germany has for more than 10 years played host to a busy "shooting gallery" to give drug addicts a safe space to inject themselves with narcotics.

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