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Opinion: A law-enforcement case for supervised drug-use sites

While 2020 will always be known as the year the global COVID-19 pandemic began, there was another public health crisis playing out less publicly.  Last year, at least 1,223 Coloradans died of...

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Federal ruling against a Philadelphia supervised drug-use site raises questions for Seattle plans

A 2-1 ruling from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that rejected a proposed supervised injection facility in Philadelphia will not stop Seattle's plan to provide medical supervision for drug use...

Renewed effort to bring safe drug injection sites to Seattle

The City of Seattle has already allocated $1.4 million for a centralized safe injection site, but previous proposals have been met with much resistance.

A new push for supervised drug use spaces emerges in Seattle budget talks

Under the new plan, there would be no new, brick-and-mortar site. Instead, drug users could be supervised at existing social service and health care locations where they already seek other services.

5 Years, No Fatal ODs: Study Finds 'Safe Injection Sites' Can Save Lives

Philadelphia Proves Opening Safe-Injection Sites in the U.S. Will Be a Long, Hard Process

What seemed imminent a few years ago is bogged down in community resistance in cities nationwide. But while overdose deaths continue, activists go on chipping away at the backlash.