A Melbourne council has reignited a years-long debate surrounding Victoria's only safe injecting room, lobbying the state government to relocate the facility.

Yarra City Council yesterday voted to withdraw its long-term support for the North Richmond Medically Supervised Injection Room (MSIR).

Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly said the council supports the concept of supervised injection services, but believes the facility is in "the worst possible place".

"To put a supervised injecting facility next to a primary school, next to a public housing estate, is madness," Jolly told 3AW.

"It's almost like it was set up to fail."

The facility has long attracted criticism for its location next to a primary school.

In 2021, Richmond West Primary School was placed into lockdown after a

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