Could supervised injection sites save lives?

The ongoing overdose crisis is pushing public health officials to consider new tools. In 2017, drug overdoses in the United States claimed more than 70,000 lives. Nearly 7 out of 10 involved opioids.

Last year logged a slight decline in fatal overdoses, provisional data show. But communities countrywide remain desperate to save more neighbors. Harm reduction advocates admit there is no panacea to the public health crisis. But they urge a new intervention: supervised consumption sites.

What exactly are they?

Also called safe injection facilities