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Philadelphia bans supervised injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good

  • Written by Jordan Hyatt, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
Philadelphia bans supervised injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than goodA registered nurse treats Dominic Rodriguez for a skin injury related to xylazine use in Philadelphia in May 2023. Treatment vans are allowed in the city, but not supervised injection sites. Matt Rourke/AP Photo

The United States remains tightly in the grasp of an ongoing, and escalating, crisis of deaths caused by opioid overdoses.

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