Supporters Sue To Open Safe Injection Site In Philadelphia, Citing Religious Freedom
4/13/19. A nonprofit group in Philadelphia is fighting in court to be allowed to open the first facility in the country for people to use illegal opioids under medical supervision. The group, called Safehouse, has the backing of local government, yet faces a legal challenge from federal prosecutors.
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Ronda Goldfein, Vice President of Safehouse and Executive Director of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, in her Philadelphia home.
Ronda Goldfein, Vice President of Safehouse and Executive Director of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, explains the services Safehouse, the nation's first safe injection site, would offer.
The future location of Safehouse, a proposed facility where drug users can inject under medical supervision, located on Hilton Street in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The building was offered to Safehouse for a lease of 1 dollar per year by an undisclosed developer who lost their son to opioid addiction.
Outside Allegheny Station, formerly known as K&A, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.
The corner of D Street and Kensington Avenue, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.
Allengheny Station, formerly known as K&A, located at Kensington and Allegheny Avenues.
Ronda Goldfein, Vice President of Safehouse and Executive Director of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, in her Philadelphia home.
Ronda Goldfein, Vice President of Safehouse and Executive Director of AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, in her Philadelphia home.