Published 13 days ago

Safe injection sites dropped in compromise substance use bill

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BOSTON (SHNS) - Lawmakers dropped the controversial idea to pursue so-called safe injection sites in a compromise addiction and substance use disorder bill they filed Tuesday after months of private negotiations. Rep. Alice Peisch, Rep. Adrian Madaro, and Sen. Brendan Crighton filed the bill (H 5143) at the House clerk's office at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. With opioid-related deaths declining but still at crisis levels, the Senate embraced the sites…

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