Desperate Cities Consider 'Safe Injection' Sites For Opioid Users
1/10/18. Top Philadelphia officials are advocating that the city become the first in the U.S. to open a supervised injection site, where people suffering from heroin or opioid addiction could use the drugs under medical supervision. But the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city's deadly drug crisis must first overcome resistance from top city police officials, community residents and the federal government.
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The mix of people in rows of tents under a bridge in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood includes homeless adults and some visitors from the suburbs who come here to inject opioids in secret.
Proponents of medically supervised, indoor sites for opioid injection say such places would be much safer than tent encampments like this one — and could help people addicted to opioids transition into treatment and away from drug use.
