Most neighbors favor Philadelphia’s proposed supervised injection site

Some 90% of the residents in the neighborhood for Philadelphia’s proposed supervised injection site are in favor of opening the facility, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed nearly 440 residents and business owners in Philly’s Kensington neighborhood — where a facility known as Safehouse wants to allow injection drug use under medical supervision. Those who don’t have stable housing or who currently use opioids were more in favor of the site, as were non-white respondents. More than 60% of the business owners and people who work in Kensington also supported the site. Philly’s status as home to the country’s first supervised injection site hangs in the balance as federal prosecutors in February sued to prevent Safehouse from opening.