Federal Court Ruling Clears The Way For Philadelphia Supervised Injection Site

On October 2, 2019, a federal district judge ruled that the plans of Safehouse for operating a supervised injection site do not violate federal drug laws against encouraging illegal drug use, paving the way for a supervised injection site in Philadelphia. Non-profit Safehouse was formed in early November 2018 with the intention of opening at least one supervised injection facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, on February 5, 2019, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a civil lawsuit to ask the court to declare that supervised injection sites violate federal law. In the ruling U . . .