Update: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement on Feb. 9 saying, “no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.”
Original article below:
DOJ Evaluating Opening ‘Safe’ Injections Sites for Heroin Use, Other Illicit Substances
A discarded syringe sits in the dirt with other debris under a highway overpass where drug users are known to congregate in Everett, Wash., on Feb. 16, 2017. Elaine Thompson/AP Photo
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