Massachusetts Lawmakers, Grappling With Record-High Overdose Deaths, Weigh ‘Hygienic’ Drug Injection Sites
The centers would provide a safe space for individuals to consume pre-obtained illegal drugs, as well as ‘sterile injection supplies.’
Safe drug consumption sites could soon be legal in Massachusetts, which has been ravaged by the opioid epidemic, if lawmakers approve legislation that would establish a program allowing cities and towns to build them.
The bill before the legislature aims to create a 10-year pilot program that would establish sites providing “a hygienic space” for individuals to use pre-obtained illegal drugs, as well as “sterile injection supplies” and “collect used hypodermic needles and syringes” for drug users.
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