The discussion over safe injection sites continues across the city after Safehouse intended to open a facility at Constitution Health Plaza in South Philly. The group has since scrapped plans after Constitution Health Plaza officials canceled plans to host the site after community backlash. While a safe injection site location is on hold for now, community groups say they will continue to push to make sure one doesn’t open anywhere in the city. Fifteen groups, including the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, have filed a legal brief urging the federal government to keep a safe injection site out of Philly.
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Source: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/02/29/safehouse-safe-injection-site-constitutional-health-plaza-discussion