PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A federal judge has ruled that a nonprofit seeking to open a safe injection site in Philadelphia would not violate a federal drug law known commonly as "crack house statute." ...

Top Philadelphia officials are advocating that the city become the first in the U.S. to open a supervised injection site, where people suffering from heroin or opioid addiction could use the drugs ...

Recently I was moderating a debate between Seattle political candidates when the loaded subject of government-run, heroin-injection sites came up. Basically everyone in Seattle politics supports what ...

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city. Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Hillary Ronen announced Wednesday ...

A proposal to create a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has drawn criticism from the local archbishop and others who say resources to fight addiction should focus on full and authentic ...

Operators of the nonprofit planning to open a heroin injection site in South Philadelphia next week announced plans for the facility, noting "three to four people die of overdose every day in ...

(*This story was updated at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024 to correct a quotation from a spokesman for City Manager Eric Batista.) As deaths caused by opioid overdoses continue to rise yearly in ...

Editors’ Note: Knowledgeable Brooklynites with insights into their own drug problems will sometimes find themselves drawn to a spot near the 125th Street subway and Metro North stations, far north of ...