Philly’s Law-and-Order Policy Worsens Overdose Crisis and Hinders Harm Reduction

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Philly’s Law-and-Order Policy Worsens Overdose Crisis and Hinders Harm Reduction

On February 1, the Philadelphia Police Department’s (PPD) Special Response Team, the Pennsylvania State Police, the attorney general’s Bureau of Narcotics Investigation department and Homeland Security jointly conducted a militarized raid in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood. The law enforcement quaternity, heavily armed and dressed in military fatigues, appeared from countless police vans... Source