City Council Essentially Bans Safe Injection Sites Opening In Philadelphia

By Dan Snyder and Will Kenworthy, CBS Philadelphia

September 29, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- City council has essentially approved a ban on safe injection sites opening in Philadelphia.

"This is a ban on being able to put a center like this one in a community," Councilmember Quetcy Lozada said.

City council said "no" to safe injection sites in Philadelphia on Thursday. In a 14-1 vote, the council overrode Mayor Jim Kenney's veto and passed a bill that would effectively ban the facilities in the city.

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