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‘Disrespected’: How South Philly mobilized against the proposed supervised injection site

A key to their strategy was informing businesses around the plaza that people with addictions would be encouraged to come to their neighborhood to legally use drugs — a step that may have rattled other tenants and ultimately persuaded the site’s landlord to rescind the lease.

In the neighborhood where the supervised injection site was briefly slated to open in the Constitution Health Plaza, business owners expressed relief Friday.
In the neighborhood where the supervised injection site was briefly slated to open in the Constitution Health Plaza, business owners expressed relief Friday.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer