Addiction

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A bill that would effectively ban supervised injection sites in Philadelphia is steadily advancing with the apparent backing of all but two members of City Council.

City Council passed the measure, 15-2, as groups both in support of and against Safehouse showed up in force bearing signs representing their positions.

Neighborhood groups joined the FOP in supporting U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s effort to keep the nonprofit’s supervised injection site from opening.

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

This week: supervised injection sites get a setback, food and housing insecurity among college students, and Philadelphia's new executive director of LGBT affairs.

Health Department promises to address concerns raised over licensing of facilities offering addicts medically assisted treatment

Earlier, City Councilmember David Oh introduced, to wide support among his outraged colleagues, a bill that will effectively ban such sites in Philadelphia.

Safehouse organizers have said they plan to open it sometime next week and offer services four hours a day.

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s suit to stop the facility “overlooks the complexity” of the situation, the judge said.

State attorneys general are finding a national settlement over the toll of opioids to be elusive, as some lawyers are renewing public criticism of the proposed deal.

A strategy to protect the facility and its neighbors anticipates a final court ruling clearing the way for the nation’s first supervised injection site.