Enlarge this image Rosalind Pichardo, who founded Operation Save Our City in Philadelphia, sprays a container of Narcan during a demonstration Sept.…
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Overdose reversal drugs gain support at music festivals, but not fentanyl test strips
by Blake Farmer August 3, 2022Enlarge this image A team of volunteers with an Ohio-based nonprofit handed out 2,500 doses of a nasal spray version of naloxone,…
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Supporters Sue To Open Safe Injection Site In Philadelphia, Citing Religious Freedom
by Bobby Allyn April 13, 2019Enlarge this image Safehouse is considering locating in this block of Hilton Street in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The proposed facility…
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Enlarge this image In several European countries and Canada, patients with longterm opioid addiction are prescribed pharmaceutical grade heroin which they inject…
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‘Come And Arrest Me’: Former Pa. Governor Defies Justice Department On Safe Injection
by Bobby Allyn October 10, 2018Enlarge this image Ed Rendell, former governor of Pennsylvania, has taken a strong stand on supervised injection sites. Andrew Harrer/Getty Images hide…
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What’s The Evidence That Supervised Drug Injection Sites Save Lives?
by Elana Gordon September 7, 2018Enlarge this image Supervised injection sites, like Insite in Vancouver, Canada, provide drug users with clean needles and other supplies to help…
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Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe
by Gabriel Spitzer July 13, 2018Enlarge this image Hugh Lampkin speaks with users inside a supervised injection room in Vancouver, British Columbia. Run by Vancouver Area Network…
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Cities Planning Supervised Drug Injection Sites Fear Justice Department Reaction
by Bobby Allyn July 12, 2018Enlarge this image At safe injection sites like Insite, in Vancouver, Canada, drug users can inject drugs under the watch of trained…
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