Editorial: Helping addicts stay alive shouldn't be a crime
by Los Angeles Times
Feb 15, 2019
2 minutes
Few places in the United States have been as hard hit by the opioid crisis as Philadelphia, where about 1,150 people died from overdoses last year. So it is fitting that this is where the nation's first "safe injection facility," where addicts can use drugs under medical supervision without fear of arrest, is likely to open its doors.
At least, it was going to open. Now its future, and
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