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Safe injection sites may curb opioid deaths, report suggests

by AP Chief Medical Writer
| July 8, 2020 2:33 PM

A safe haven in the U.S. where people can give themselves heroin and other drugs has observed more than 10,500 injections over five years and treated 33 overdoses with none proving fatal, researchers reported Wednesday.

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