Cities On Front Lines Of Opioid Epidemics Balk At Trump Administration’s Threats Over Safe-Injection Sites

“Just as local governments had to lead during the HIV epidemic, cities like ours will be on the forefront of saving lives in the opioid crisis,” said James Garrow, a spokesman for Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health. Justice Department officials last week promised "swift and aggressive" action against any city that set up such a site. In other news on the crisis: California's proposed prescription drug take-back law, the opioid package in the Senate, Rudy Giuliani's connection to Florida's investigation into OxyContin marketing, and kratom.

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