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Plans for first US 'safe injection site' derailed again
Source: BBC
Plans for first US 'safe injection site' derailed again
28 February 2020
Plans to open the first "safe drug injection site" in the US have been scrapped after being met with opposition in Philadelphia.
The proposed centre, where people with addictions could receive medical help to inject drugs, was due to open next week.
However, Safehouse, the charity behind the proposed safe injection facility (SIF), withdrew the plan on Thursday.
The backlash it faced laid bare the controversy over SIFs in the US.
A protest was planned for Sunday in South Philadelphia and an online petition to stop the site from being built gathered over 5,800 signatures within 12 hours.
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28 February 2020
Plans to open the first "safe drug injection site" in the US have been scrapped after being met with opposition in Philadelphia.
The proposed centre, where people with addictions could receive medical help to inject drugs, was due to open next week.
However, Safehouse, the charity behind the proposed safe injection facility (SIF), withdrew the plan on Thursday.
The backlash it faced laid bare the controversy over SIFs in the US.
A protest was planned for Sunday in South Philadelphia and an online petition to stop the site from being built gathered over 5,800 signatures within 12 hours.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51669192