'Come And Arrest Me': Former Pa. Governor Defies Justice Department On Safe Injection [NPR.org]

Samantha Sangenito 10/12/184:00 AM

In Philadelphia, a battle between local officials and the Trump administration is heating up.

In defiance of threats from the Justice Department, public health advocates in Philadelphia have launched a nonprofit to run a facility to allow people to use illegal drugs under medical supervision. It is the most concrete step yet the city has taken toward eventually opening a so-called supervised injection site.

The non-profit, called Safehouse, was formed after a political heavyweight, former Pennsylvania governor, Ed Rendell, joined the board.

In August deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, told NPR that the Justice Department will not tolerate the opening of a supervised injection site in Philadelphia. Rosenstein said anyone involved in running one is "vulnerable to civil and criminal enforcement."

Rendell is unfazed.

[For more of this story, written by Bobby Allyn, go to https://www.npr.org/sections/h...ent-on-safe-injectio]

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Tanya HIelkeMember

So we give up on mental health, on addiction, trauma and abuse and open an injection site instead? I think this is ignoring a bigger problem. Its looking deeper at the healthcare field, pharmaceuticals, mental health, family wellness, poverty and addiction. This is not a fix. (no pun intended)

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