The opioid crisis in the U.S. has reached unprecedented, and shocking, numbers – 100,000 overdose deaths over the last 12 months – causing federal health officials to consider alternative approaches to deal with the disastrous health crisis. To that end, the Justice Department signaled it might consider safe drug consumption sites, reported The Associated Press.
The news comes around one year after winning an important court battle against the opening of safe injection sites. Now, the Justice Department told AP that it is “evaluating” such sites and looking at “appropriate guardrails.”
