What: According to , the Philadelphia City Council voted to prohibit supervised drug consumption sites across most of the city, greatly imperiling the future of such a facility if the legislation becomes law.
, director of the at Saint Joseph’s University, has extensive knowledge of safe injection sites. In 2019, Father Clark published a for safe injection sites in the Internet Journal of Public Health, designed to prevent the deaths of thousands of Philadelphians vulnerable to opioid overdose.
"By not implementing a safe injection site, we are choosing to stand by and watch as our neighbors, family members and future die due to overdose," said Clark.
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