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Is a safe injection site a good idea in Philadelphia? | Pro/Con

Amid the overdose crisis in the city, some have proposed setting up a safe injection site. But many residents are skeptical.

A sign on the wall reads "This site save lives" in Spanish and English at an overdose prevention center at OnPoint NYC in New York City, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, New York City’s new, privately run centers are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide.
A sign on the wall reads "This site save lives" in Spanish and English at an overdose prevention center at OnPoint NYC in New York City, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, New York City’s new, privately run centers are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide.Read moreSeth Wenig / AP
    by Brittany Salerno and Barbara Capozzi, For The Inquirer
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