Leaders From 13 States Urge Federal Court To Allow Supervised Injection Sites

Supplies on a check-in desk at a model of a hypothetical injection site in San Francisco, pictured here in September 2018. Local leaders from San Francisco are among a dozen local officials urging a federal court to approve of an effort to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia.

The Justice Department has mounted a legal challenge to block the effort, claiming such a site violates federal drug laws and would enable opioid users.

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Bobby Allyn