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Judge clears way for nation's first supervised safe-injection site
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:46 am
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:46 am
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that plans can proceed for the nation’s first supervised-injection site in South Philadelphia, with operators saying it will open next week.
Organizers with Safehouse, a nonprofit formed to create the site, will announce further details of the plan Wednesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
McSwain said Tuesday he will appeal Judge Gerald A. McHugh’s ruling and claimed the site would lead to increased crime in the area, vowing to use “all enforcement tools” against the site including arrests and drug seizures if Safehouse opens the site before he exhausts his appeals.
Organizers, meanwhile, argue the extent of the opioid crisis in the city leaves them with no time to spare, with 3,500 Philadelphians killed by overdoses over the last three years.
“Philadelphia, like the nation, is in a crisis,” said Safehouse vice president Ronda Goldfein. “And we have the opportunity to address that crisis; we owe it to Philadelphia to do that.”
Goldfein said a community meeting was planned for March 10 to address community concerns about the facility, saying “This is not pop-up tents and Narcan. This is a dedicated connection.”
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“The bottom line is that overdose prevention sites — which exist in more than 100 cities around the world — offer compassion for fellow human beings,” Mayor Jim Kenney (D) said in a statement Tuesday. “Our job as a city is to support efforts to alleviate suffering and to save lives.”
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D), who has traded barbs with McSwain in the past over Krasner’s implementation of criminal justice reforms, also praised the ruling, tweeting “Once again, for the folks who can't see or hear past their Trumpian egos: Harm reduction SAVES LIVES.” LINK
Organizers with Safehouse, a nonprofit formed to create the site, will announce further details of the plan Wednesday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
McSwain said Tuesday he will appeal Judge Gerald A. McHugh’s ruling and claimed the site would lead to increased crime in the area, vowing to use “all enforcement tools” against the site including arrests and drug seizures if Safehouse opens the site before he exhausts his appeals.
Organizers, meanwhile, argue the extent of the opioid crisis in the city leaves them with no time to spare, with 3,500 Philadelphians killed by overdoses over the last three years.
“Philadelphia, like the nation, is in a crisis,” said Safehouse vice president Ronda Goldfein. “And we have the opportunity to address that crisis; we owe it to Philadelphia to do that.”
Goldfein said a community meeting was planned for March 10 to address community concerns about the facility, saying “This is not pop-up tents and Narcan. This is a dedicated connection.”
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“The bottom line is that overdose prevention sites — which exist in more than 100 cities around the world — offer compassion for fellow human beings,” Mayor Jim Kenney (D) said in a statement Tuesday. “Our job as a city is to support efforts to alleviate suffering and to save lives.”
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D), who has traded barbs with McSwain in the past over Krasner’s implementation of criminal justice reforms, also praised the ruling, tweeting “Once again, for the folks who can't see or hear past their Trumpian egos: Harm reduction SAVES LIVES.” LINK
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:47 am to Jbird
Can’t have guns but CAN have a supervised IV drug injection place.
Nice to see the priorities of the left.
Nice to see the priorities of the left.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:49 am to Jbird
I live an hour out of Philly, this had been on the news a lot lately. I think this Hamsterdam experiment is going to end badly for them. Not that Philly isn't already a drug-infested, crime-ridden shithole.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:49 am to Jbird
I'm against this. It discourages innovation in the drug addict community. I just learned from a cop that the new money saving trend in the Meth community is 'piss drying'.
Instead of going to piss in the toilet they piss in a bowl and leave it out to evaporate. The dry residue left in the bowl is meth. Then you reuse it.
Instead of going to piss in the toilet they piss in a bowl and leave it out to evaporate. The dry residue left in the bowl is meth. Then you reuse it.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:49 am to teke184
quote:No 3 day waiting period, no background checks, no licensing, no fees, the Right to Bear Needles and Inject Illegal Drugs shall not be infringed!
Can’t have guns but CAN have a supervised IV drug injection place.
Nice to see the priorities of the left.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:50 am to teke184
Next they will have “safe crime spaces”, where people without privilege can loot without consequence.
Oh wait. We already have that in Dallas.
Oh wait. We already have that in Dallas.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:50 am to Zach
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One would think that having to reuse stuff from evaporated piss would cause a moment of clarity.
One would think that having to reuse stuff from evaporated piss would cause a moment of clarity.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:50 am to Jbird
quote:
“The bottom line is that overdose prevention sites — which exist in more than 100 cities around the world — offer compassion for fellow human beings,” Mayor Jim Kenney (D) said in a statement Tuesday. “Our job as a city is to support efforts to alleviate suffering and to save lives.”
Let me guess, this shoot up site is nowhere near Jim's house
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:51 am to BobBoucher
California has that. I’m surprised that most retail outlets haven’t either closed or raised their prices by $5000 an item which goes back down to original retail price with an active membership.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:52 am to Jbird
Member "Needle Park" in Zurich, Switzerland?
Yeah, I 'member.
From Wikipedia:
Yeah, I 'member.
From Wikipedia:
quote:
During the 1980s, heroin addicts would frequently gather at the park, and attempts to disperse them merely resulted in them regrouping elsewhere. Thus in 1987 the authorities chose to allow illegal drug use and sales at the park, in an effort to contain Zurich's growing drug problem. Police were not allowed to enter the park or make arrests. Clean needles were given out to addicts as part of the Zurich Intervention Pilot Project, or ZIPP-AIDS program. However, lack of control over what went on in the park caused a multitude of problems. Drug dealers and users arrived from all over Europe, and crime became rampant as dealers fought for control and addicts (who numbered up to 20,000) stole to support their habit. The once-beautiful gardens had degraded into a mess of mud and used needles, and the emergency services were overwhelmed with the number of overdoses, which were almost nightly. Platzspitz, or Needle Park as it was then known, became a source of embarrassment to the Swiss government and in 1992, police moved in to clear up the park.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:53 am to Jbird
So the city is taking liability for them?
How long before someone ods and dies and the family Sue's the city?
How long before someone ods and dies and the family Sue's the city?
This post was edited on 2/26/20 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:53 am to Zach
quote:
piss in a bowl and leave it out to evaporate. The dry residue left in the bowl is meth. Then you reuse it.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:54 am to Jbird
After your abortion stop by for free heroin injections..
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:55 am to teke184
quote:
One would think that having to reuse stuff from evaporated piss would cause a moment of clarity.
Apparently it doesn't with meth users. My big question has always been about young women using a drug that ages you rapidly. Women are normally obsessed with looking young.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:58 am to Zach
I don’t think they are thinking that far ahead once the drug has its grips in them.
They just want the next high at that point and don’t care that it makes them look like a toothless cat lady with syphilis.
They just want the next high at that point and don’t care that it makes them look like a toothless cat lady with syphilis.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 10:59 am to Displaced
quote:
How long before someone ods and dies and the family Sue's the city?
I give it less than a month.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 11:02 am to Jbird
Seems like a dumb idea, but states rights and local control and all that.
Let them make dumb decisions and then we can learn from it.
Let them make dumb decisions and then we can learn from it.
Posted on 2/26/20 at 11:03 am to Aristo
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I give it less than a month.
People will OD the first week.
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