San Francisco would be best served by several supervised injection sites accompanied by social services for people who use drugs, according to a report from a city task force established to study the ...
Mayor London Breed and members of Glide Memorial Methodist Church this week announced plans to open a supervised injection facility demonstration project in the Tenderloin in late August. Dubbed Safer ...
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is supporting controversial supervised injection sites for the first time as deadly overdoses reach record levels. A new DPH report says there ...
San Francisco lawmakers unveiled plans on Tuesday to "fast track" the opening of supervised injection centers, where individuals can openly use illegal drugs under the care of trained professionals.
For years, the idea of establishing supervised drug injection sites has been a long-standing goal for some progressive California leaders looking to address the burgeoning overdose crisis. Efforts to ...
As Connecticut struggles with 1,200 overdose deaths each year, state lawmakers heard about a controversial solution on Thursday – supervised injection sites for drug users. Advocates told the ...
The city just closed its last two consumption and treatment services sites. Those who know the area well are already sounding ...
A model supervised injection facility is shown on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY SIMFA NOW SIFMA NOW, a grassroots organization advocating for the legislation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs) held ...
Myra Smith walked into the Wilson Library Branch with her mind made up about supervised substance use centers: “It is NOT coming to the Hill. It’s not.” She left with more openness to the concept as a ...
The first supervised injection site in the Bay State could be coming to Worcester after a local board backed opening a facility in the city. The Worcester Board of Health has unanimously voted to OK ...