Abstract
Places where people can inject drugs legally are being proposed now in New York City, although siting, as always, is a problem. The New York City proposal presented by Mayor Bill De Blasio last week drew some requests from the community for “indemnification” of such sites, clearly reflecting fear of lawsuits. In the meantime, the Boston proposal to remove drug users and homeless people from the streets and put them in shelters even if they don't want to go has drawn criticism, with advocates saying it criminalizes the drug users and takes away their rights to autonomy, instead proposing that housing be given to these people (not in shelters). It's not an easy solution, but clearly, the richest cities in the country are having a hard time coming up with what may boil down to real estate problems. In Philadelphia, the prosecutor said he would allow the injecting facility to proceed, but the Supreme Court may be against it, and in any event, nobody wants it in their neighborhood. Still, the federal government (the Drug Enforcement Administration has not chimed in) is starting to see that these sites may be the best way to stop overdose, at least at the moment.
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