A group wants to open a safe injection site in Philadelphia, where people in addiction could use drugs under medical supervision and be revived if they overdose.
Asked by The Inquirer after his public remarks about his views on supervised injection sites, he said that he has been “clear in my opposition to them.”
A year later, then-U.S. Attorney Bill McSwain sued Safehouse, the Philadelphia nonprofit attempting to open a site, in federal court, arguing that it violated a federal law prohibiting the establishment of a location for the use of drugs. A federal judge disagreed, accepting Safehouse’s argument that its purpose is to save lives, not facilitate drug use. But an appeals court eventually struck down the decision.
Two supervised injection sites are operating in New York City, while Rhode Island’s legislature legalized sites early this year and is preparing plans to open one soon.
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