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Religious Exemption Claim by Nonprofit Providing Supervised Illegal Drug Use Can Go Forward

The Third Circuit held that such organizations may raise religious exemption claims, though it declined to decide (at this stage of the litigation) whether the claim would prevail on the facts of this case.

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As fentanyl deaths surge, some state lawmakers push back against 'harm reduction'

The Biden administration is embracing health care efforts designed to reduce the deadly impact of fentanyl addiction, but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach.

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Philly neighborhood activists met with DoJ over supervised drug consumption sites. Elected officials were turned away

PHILADELPHIA — Representatives from neighborhood groups around Philadelphia said they felt federal officials are not listening to their concerns about efforts to open a place in the city where people could inject drugs under medical supervision.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New York's supervised injection sites have halted nearly 700 overdoses in just over a year

NEW YORK — Sitting before a large mirror in a cubicle in East Harlem, a man in his mid-40s tied a length of elastic around his arm and began searching for a vein.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

After another delay in a decision on supervised injection sites, Shapiro says he still opposes them

Pennsylvania incoming governor Josh Shapiro said Tuesday that he remains opposed to efforts to open a place in Philadelphia where people with addiction can use drugs under medical supervision, a day after the federal government asked for more time to respond to a lawsuit over a proposed supervised injection site…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Feds ask for another extension in a suit to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — The federal government sought another delay in a yearslong legal battle to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia on Monday, leaving unsettled whether a place for people in addiction to use drugs under medical supervision, and be revived if they overdose, can open in one of the…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Will Philly Get An Overdose Prevention Center? Talks Between Gov And Advocacy Group Mark Step In Right Direction

The nonprofit organization Safehouse has been in continuous communication with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a space where people can inject illegal opioids under medical supervision.

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