Tag: SCS
There’s a Real Prospect for a Safe Consumption Site in Somerville, MA
The national fight for safe consumption sites (SCS) seems effectively headquartered in Philadelphia, thanks ...
Huge Court Win for Philly Safe Consumption Site—But Fight Isn’t Over
October 2 will live long in US harm reduction history. A federal judge gave ...
New Drugs, Bad Policies Leave Philly Harm Reduction Groping in the Dark
The “Walmart of Heroin” is how the New York Times described Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood—in ...
Fate of Philly Safe Consumption Site Now Hinges on Judge’s Ruling
Nearly two years after Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said his office would not stand ...
Watch: Cops and a Judge Demand Harm Reduction to Fight Overdose
The Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) is a nonprofit organization of current and former ...
Five of the Ways Unsanctioned Harm Reduction Continues to Blaze Trails
Unsanctioned grassroots initiatives—from the unofficial to the plain illegal—are both the origins and the ...
Feds Dispute the Efficacy of Safe Consumption Sites at Safehouse Hearing
On August 19 a federal judge in Philadelphia presided over the opening salvo of ...
2020 Candidate Andrew Yang Tweets Support for Safe Consumption Sites
On August 7, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang tweeted his support for safe consumption ...
Why Those of Us Who Choose Sobriety Should Back Safe Consumption Sites
In many areas of public health and medicine, best practices are routinely adopted without ...
Almost 80 Percent of Heroin Users in Boston, Baltimore Would Visit Safe Consumption Sites
A large majority of people who use opioids in three coastal cities would utilize ...
