supervised injection site

The debate over supervised injection sites continued during Mayor Kenney’s budget plan speech at city hall on Thursday. Groups on both sides of the issue let their voices be heard. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

South Philadelphia neighbors took to the streets Saturday to protest plans to open a supervised site where drug users could use intravenous drugs with medical supervision. They met at the intersection of Broad and McKean, not far from a location where a supervised injection site was planned, then canceled.

Members of the nonprofit, Safehouse, told NBC10 reporter Stephanía Jiménez that plans to open a supervised injection site for drug users in Philadelphia say they are looking for a new location.

In his first public remarks since plans to open a supervised injection site in South Philadelphia were scrapped, Mayor Jim Kenney warned that people could die as a result.

The nation’s first supervised injection site for drug users will not be in South Philadelphia after all, NBC10 reporter Drew Smith found. What happened in a day that changed history?

Philadelphia political leaders are jostling over a proposal to put a safe injection site in Kensington. NBC10 took a trip to Canada’s largest city, Toronto, to see the effects of several injection sites that have been in operation more than a decade.

The nation’s first supervised injection site will open in South Philadelphia. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville gets reactions from residents and city leaders.

Philadelphia is the first place in the country to open a supervised injection site. NBC10’s Mitch Blacher tells us all we need to know about the facility in South Philly that will allow drug users to inject opioids.

Next week Philadelphia will make history by opening the nation’s 1st supervised injection site. Drug users will be able to go there to inject and get medical help if they overdose. NBC10’s Steven Fisher gets the opinions of the people who will live and work near the site.

Opening as early as next week, Philadelphia will be getting its first supervised injection site. This site will provide a place for drug users to inject opioids under medical supervision. NBC10’s Denise Nakano speaks with people in the surrounding community about their opinions on the site.