Negin Haghnazari ‘20

The Power of Safe Injection Sites

The Power of Safe Injection Sites

Can you imagine a facility where individuals can go to inject heroin safely with clean supplies and medical supervision being allowed to exist, legally speaking? If you said no, you’re in for a great surprise. Safe injection sites exist around the world as lawful facilities supervised by licensed health personnel where drug addicts inject drugs that they acquired elsewhere. They have been operating in Europe since the 1980s and there are today approximately 120 sites operating in twelve countries.