A supervised injection site is a place for people in addiction to use drugs under medical supervision and be revived if they overdose.
PHILADELPHIA — The federal government sought another delay in aon Monday, leaving unsettled whether a place for people in addiction to use drugs under medical supervision, and be revived if they overdose, can open in one of the cities hit hardest by a worsening national overdose crisis.
Previously, Safehouse and the Department of Justice have mutually agreed to extend the court deadline for the feds to respond several times. But Ronda Goldfein, Safehouse’s vice president, said the nonprofit plans to file a motion opposing the request for an extension.
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